Wagenknecht is fighting for a new count: BSW is only 9,500 votes!

Wagenknecht is fighting for a new count: BSW is only 9,500 votes!

The Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) officially appealed to the result of the Bundestag election on April 23, 2025. The party, which only narrowly failed at the five percent hurdle, sees itself disadvantaged by possible mistakes in the counting of the voice. According to the BSW's own research, there could be more than 32,000 votes that were either not or incorrectly assigned. Party leader Sahra Wagenknecht explains that a new counting of the votes could have a significant impact on the majority in the Bundestag, since the BSW only lacked 9,529 votes to move into parliament and the party remained just below the five percent hurdle with 4.981 percent of the second votes.

KO party leader Amira Mohamed Ali pointed out that she does not suspect conscious manipulation, but denounces errors in the count. Several factors probably led to these inaccuracies: voices could have been overlooked by confusions with the alliance Germany due to the similarity of names, and votes could not have been correctly covered due to their placement on the ballot boxes. In addition, votes from the BSW had been incorrectly counted as invalid.

challenges and further steps

In March, the BSW had already made an urgent request to the Federal Constitutional Court on a new count, which was, however, rejected. On Wednesday, the objection to the election 结果 was submitted to the Bundestag election examination board, as n-tv.de The last day for the submission of objections to the election was also Wednesday, and 885 objections had been lodged by Tuesday afternoon.

The current political situation is tense. Union and SPD have achieved a majority in the Bundestag election and presented their coalition agreement. The choice of the CDU leader Merz as Chancellor is planned for May 6th. If the BSW's objections are successful, this could decisively influence the majority of the CDU/CSU and SPD, which would be of great importance.

political perspectives

The BSW argues that by counting the votes, they could possibly get the move into the Bundestag, which would provide a considerable political scope for the party, which was only founded in 2024. At 4.97 percent you have just failed, but the BSW sees the opportunity to challenge the political agenda of the established parties by re -evaluating the results.

The election examination board has the task of advising on the submitted objections and the parliament will make the final decision. According to the election examination law, eligible voters can appeal within two months, but the consent of the other parties to the BSW's appeal is considered unlikely, since this could have far -reaching consequences for the composition of the Bundestag. This could significantly change the processes in German politics and the distribution of the mandates.