Party Emblem Flag Foundation Dissolution Seats in the Volkskammer (1986) Socialist Unity Party SED 21 April 1946 16 December 1989 127 Christian Democratic Union CDU 26 June 1945 1/2 October 1990 52 Liberal Democratic Party LDPD 5 July 1945[2] 11 August 1990 52 Democratic Farmers' Party DBD 17 June 1948 15 September 1990 52 National Democratic Party NDPD 5 May 1948[3][4] 27 March 1990 52