Stimmzettel/Wahlkreis [Ballot paper/constituency] Handbill issued by Bunduis 90/Neues Forum [Alliance 90/New Forum] for the East German elections of 18 March 1990 in the form of a ballot paper. On the verso a text urging people to vote for Alliance 90. East Germany 1990.

Item Provenance: Provenance: Mr. Stefan Landshoff, Main Stream Promotion, Hamptstrasse 56, D-1000 Berlin 62, Germany.

In the East German elections the voter was to place a cross by one of the 24 listed parties and alliances contesting the election, andeach 0.25% of the vote would translate into a seat in the Volkskammer, parliamentarians were drawn from party lists in 16 electoral districts. The direct proportional system of representation was adopted into the statute book on 20 February 1990. These were the country's first free multi-party elections, and, with the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, also the last. For information about New Forum and Alliance 90 please refer to the notes for E.2123 and E.2140-1990.

E.3075-1990