East German general election, 1990 March 18 after 1932
East German general election, 1990 March 18 after 1932 East German general election, 1990 ← 1986 18 March 1990 1990 (re-unification) → All 400 seats in the Volkskammer 201 seats were needed for a majority Leader Lothar de Maizière Ibrahim Böhme Hans Modrow Party CDU SPD PDS Seats won 163 88 66 Popular vote 4,710,598 2,525,534 1,892,381 Percentage 40.8% 21.9% 16.4% Maps showing the distribution of party votes per district. The map in the bottom right shows the largest party in each district. Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) on 18 March 1990. It was the first and only free parliamentary election in the GDR, and the first truly free election held in that part of Germany since 1932. Four hundred deputies were elected to the Volkskammer. The largest bloc was the Alliance for Germany, led by the East German branch of the Christian Democratic Union and run...