Overview

• AfD deputy leader Stephan Brandner said his party supports a full recount and urged a swift decision, calling vote tallying simple mathematics.
• BSW fell about 9,500 votes short of the 5 percent threshold in February and has lodged objections after emergency bids in Karlsruhe were redirected to the Bundestag process.
• The Wahlprüfungsausschuss is evaluating statements from the Federal Returning Officer and state authorities along with BSW’s reply, with no decision date announced.
• Election authorities have not reported evidence of systematic counting errors, while political scientists Eckhard Jesse and Uwe Wagschal publicly argue a nationwide recount is urgently warranted.
• Greens and Left Party members on the committee stress that the review must run its course without political pre‑judgment, according to their public statements.