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were held in

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on 2 July 1967. 434 deputies were elected to the

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, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front, dominated by the communist

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. 583 Front candidates were put forward, with 434 being elected. The allocation of seats remained unchanged from the 1963 election.

Results

References

Inter-Parliamentary Union: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS - Germany
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