A constitutional referendum was held in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

on 6 April 1968. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p762 The new constitution was approved by 96.4% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.1%,Nohlen & Stöver, p770 and came into force on 9 April.

Background

On 1 December 1967 the

Volkskammer __NOTOC__ The Volkskammer (, ''People's Chamber'') was the unicameral legislature of the German Democratic Republic (colloquially known as East Germany). The Volkskammer was initially the lower house of a bicameral legislature. The upper house w ...

established a commission to draw up a new constitution. This was by the Volkskammer with no dissenting votes on 26 March 1968, alongside a law on conducting a referendum to approve the constitution.German Democratic Republic, 6 April 1968: Constitution
Direct Democracy

Results

References

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