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Constitutional Court Dismisses BSW’s Challenges to Bundestag Election

The party now heads to the Bundestag’s election scrutiny committee to pursue its recount and ballot-order grievances.

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Sahra Wagenknecht
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Overview

  • Karlsruhe’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled two BSW organ complaints inadmissible, finding the party failed to substantiate a breach of its right to equal electoral opportunity.
  • BSW had contested the lack of a legal mechanism for immediate vote recounts after it won 4.981 percent in February’s election, narrowly missing the 5 percent threshold.
  • The court also rejected the party’s ballot paper ordering claim as factually incorrect under the existing federal election law.
  • Co-chair Amira Mohamed Ali said BSW will press its case before the Bundestag’s election scrutiny committee and urged lawmakers to convene it without delay.
  • The party maintains that alleged systematic counting errors cost it parliamentary representation and that a successful challenge could strip the governing coalition of its majority.