Overview

• At a special BVV session on Monday, the Greens joined CDU, SPD and the Left to pass the counterproposal with 43 votes to 2.
• The shift follows weeks of stalemate after a Senate decision reduced the district from six to five Abgeordnetenhaus constituencies, requiring new boundaries.
• The most contested change involved the former Wahlkreis 4, previously entirely in Friedrichshain, which the Bezirksamt had planned to extend into Kreuzberg.
• Opponents accused the Green-led Bezirksamt of tactical boundary moves, while the party says it is prioritizing legal certainty and is engaging the Bezirksaufsicht.
• Interior Senator Iris Spranger said the Abgeordnetenhauswahl on 20 September 2026 will not be postponed, though the district election official warns that missing the 4 October Amtsblatt publication risks a contestable vote.