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Socialist Unity Party of Germany Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands | |
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| Abbreviation | SED |
| Founded | 21 April 1946 |
| Dissolved | 16 December 1989 |
| Newspaper | Neues Deutschland |
| Youth wing | Free German Youth |
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the most popular party in the German Democratic Republic. Despite never holding a majority of seats on the Volkskammer (the most was 30% in 1949),[1] the GDR is referred to as a one-party state by the corporate media.
History
In 1946, the Social Democratic Party and Communist Party merged to form the Socialist Unity Party. The Socialist Unity Party was part of the National Front along with several other parties, including some non-leftist parties. In 1989, the party was split into the Social Democratic Party and the Party for Democratic Socialism, which finished second and third respectively behind the right-wing Alliance for Germany.
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- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Philip Stöver (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook (pp. 771–792). ISBN 9783832956097