Berlin Election Recount Confirms Green Party Victory in Tempelhof-Schöneberg

A recount of three precincts upheld Moritz Heuberger's narrow 61-vote lead over CDU's Jan-Marco Luczak, affirming his Bundestag seat.

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.