Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht
Constitutional court rejects BSW applications for a new choice of choice
The BSW failed very narrowly in the Bundestag election at the five percent hurdle. The party therefore wanted to be counted again – Karlsruhe decided differently.
The Federal Constitutional Court rejected several applications from the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance (BSW) and from party members with which they wanted to achieve a new count of the Bundestag election. “As before the election, legal protection in relation to this election is only possible before the final election result is determined”.
The second Senate referred to the usual election examination procedure at the Bundestag. No unreasonable disadvantages are associated with this. Applications for issuing an interim order are inadmissible. Among other things, the rejected applications were about an urgent application to determine the official end result of the election for the 21st German Bundestag only when the votes are completely newly counted.
After the preliminary result of the Bundestag election in February, the BSW had just noticed the five percent hurdle with 4.972 percent of the votes. According to the party, around 13,400 votes were missing.
Wagenknecht’s application aimed to postpone the final result provided for Friday and to achieve a new counting of the votes. The co-chair Amira Mohamed Ali as well as two members and two voters of the BSW had sued the party founder.
Sahra Wagenknecht: Pictures of her life between Karl Marx and Party Policy
Sahra Wagenknecht: A party that bears her name
The way there was long, in the end it went quickly. On January 8, 2023, Sahra Wagenknecht presented her party, which is (provisionally) named after her: the “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht – reason and justice”. After the PDS and the left, it is already the third party to which it belongs. On July 16, Wagenknecht celebrates her 55th birthday
© Future Image / Imago Images
More
Open the image subtitle
Back
Further
The party argued with the result of individual re -counts in several places. These would have shown that BSW votes had been incorrectly assigned or evaluated as invalid. Wagenknecht last said that after the isolated reviews, the party had already been awarded a few thousand votes. Now only about 9500 votes were missing for jumping over the five percent hurdle.
Objection after determining the end result
There is a “very realistic chance” that the BSW actually reached five percent of the votes, said Wagenknecht. This could only clarify a nationwide recording.
The party founder had already admitted: “We actually have no right to complain now.” The regular process would be to wait for the official end result and then to file an objection to the Bundestag. She wanted to take this path if the current lawsuit does not get through.
For the party, which was only founded in early 2024, the move into the Bundestag would be politically important. If she would find a way to the parliament, the mandates would be divided. A two-person coalition by the Union and SPD might have no majority.
Dpa
EPP/TKR
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
