Rhineland-Palatinate state election 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election Saarland state election results 1999 Saarland state election 2004 Saarland state election 2009 Saarland state election 2012 Saarland state election 2017 Saarland state election 2022 Saarland state election Saxony state election results 1999 Saxony state election 2004 Saxony state election 2009 Saxony state election 2014 Saxony state election 2019 Saxony state election 2024 Saxony state election Saxony-Anhalt state election results 2002 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election Schleswig-Holstein state election results 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2005 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election Thuringia state election results 2004 Thuringian state election 2009 Thuringian state election 2014 Thuringian state election 2019 Thuringian state election 2024 Thuringian state election German Democratic Republic In the German Democratic Republic, elections to the Volkskammer were effectively controlled by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and state hierarchy, even though multiple pro forma parties existed. The 18 March 1990 election were the first free ones held in the GDR, producing a government whose major mandate was to negotiate an end to itself and its state. Prior to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany did not have free elections. Polling places were under surveillance by the state security apparatuses and the ruling party, the SED, presented voters with a slate of proposed candidates. Voters could optionally enter a booth to strike any candidates the voter did not want; a voter who agreed with the SED's full list simply folded the unmarked ballot in half and placed it into the ballot box. Entering a voting booth was considered suspicious and was noted by the state security apparatuses, which could lead to consequences later for the voter. East German voters commonly referred to the act of voting as "folding" (). Election outcomes prior to 1990 commonly saw 99% of voters in favor of the suggested slate of candidates. On top of this, the government engaged in electoral fraud and commonly falsified both results and voter turnout percentages, even as late as the May 1989 municipal elections. 1949 East German Constitutional Assembly election 1950 East German general election 1954 East German general election 1958 East German general election 1963 East German general election 1967 East German general election 1971 East German