Overview

• The recount in Berlin's Tempelhof-Schöneberg district re-examined votes in three of the 200 precincts due to discrepancies in the documentation of valid and invalid ballots.
• Moritz Heuberger of the Green Party retained his narrow 61-vote lead over CDU's Jan-Marco Luczak, securing 45,632 votes (24.7%) to Luczak's 45,571 votes (24.6%).
• Election officials clarified that the recount was not prompted by the close margin but by procedural inconsistencies in the tallying process.
• The recount confirmed that the discrepancies involved only minor variations of up to three votes, leaving the overall result unchanged.
• Both candidates emphasized the importance of transparency and trust in the democratic process, with Heuberger expressing gratitude to election workers and Luczak acknowledging the integrity of the recount process.