BSW Challenges Bundestags Election Results in Court

The Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht seeks a nationwide recount after narrowly missing the 5% threshold for parliamentary entry.

• The BSW has filed a constitutional complaint and an urgent motion with the Federal Constitutional Court to delay the certification of the February 23 election results and demand a nationwide recount.
• The party claims it missed the Bundestag's 5% threshold by just 13,435 votes and cites potential misallocated votes and counting errors as grounds for its legal challenge.
• BSW leaders argue that errors, including confusion with similarly named parties and uncounted overseas votes, may have unfairly impacted their results.
• If successful, a recount could shift parliamentary power dynamics, potentially denying the CDU-SPD coalition a governing majority.
• The official election results are set to be certified on Friday, with the court expected to rule on the urgent motion before then.

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