Wahlchaos in North Rhine -Westphalia: Discriminances threatened the result of the Bundestag election!

Wahlchaos in North Rhine -Westphalia: Discriminances threatened the result of the Bundestag election!

On March 8, 2025, the Bundestag election in North Rhine-Westphalia continues to cause excitement, especially with regard to the exact counting of the voices. In a polling station there were disagreements that now attract the attention of the electoral authorities. The district election committee Soest has already announced that the end result in constituency 145 Soest again. However, this measure is not the only one that is made, because a review is also expected in 63 other constituencies in North Rhine-Westphalia. This is from a report by Merkur

The Alliance for Social Wende (BSW) noticed discrepancies in this context and calls for a comprehensive review of the vote in a total of 64 constituencies. For the BSW, which is only a few votes for the move into the Bundestag, this could have a decisive impact on the election result. However, the exact effects of the inconsistencies are still unclear, which leads to increased tensions and uncertainties.

election results in detail

The Bundestag election on February 23, 2025 also attracts a lot of attention compared to the previous election on September 26, 2021. Of the total of 12,883,912 people entitled to vote, 10,588,884 voters went to the urn, which corresponds to a turnout of 82.2 %. In this choice, 99,150 votes were invalid, while the number of valid votes was 10,489,734. These results offer a remarkable context for the discrepancies mentioned above.

The results show a complex picture that is also influenced by the technical aspects of voting. According to Federal election manager , the voting according to gender and annual groups is recorded. The use of official ballots with corresponding distinction prints aims to optimize the process of voting and counting.