Election Party leader Vote % Seats +/– Position 1949 Wilhelm Pieck Otto Grotewohl as part of Democratic Bloc 90 / 330 [lower-alpha 1] – 1st 1950 Walter Ulbricht as part of National Front 110 / 400 20 1st 1954 117 / 400 7 1st 1958 117 / 400 1st 1963 110 / 434 7 1st 1967 110 / 434 1st 1971 110 / 434 1st 1976 Erich Honecker 110 / 434 1st 1981 127 / 500 17 1st 1986 127 / 500 1st