Overview
- The Bundestag’s election review committee voted to dismiss BSW’s objections, with chair Macit Karaahmetoğlu saying the party’s submissions were unsubstantiated and revealed no seat‑relevant violations of election law.
- A 46‑page recommendation underpinning the decision had circulated in advance, concluding there was no election error warranting a nationwide recount.
- BSW, which fell short of the five‑percent threshold with 4.981 percent and about 9,529 votes, argues counting mistakes cost it seats and says it will challenge the outcome in Karlsruhe.
- If BSW ultimately entered the Bundestag, seats would be reallocated in a way that could strip the current CDU‑SPD government of its working majority.
- As the legal fight proceeds, BSW convenes a party congress in Magdeburg to rebrand and reshuffle its leadership, while in Berlin the SPD and CDU advance a motion to explore a Bundesrat initiative on party‑ban procedures linked to extremist threats.