Why is BSW Pursuing a Vote Recount for the 2025 German Federal Election?
Well...the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Party, a left-populist party founded in 2024 by former Left Party leader Sahra Wagenknecht...is aggressively challenging the results of Germany's 23 February 2025, federal election. The party narrowly missed the 5-percent national vote threshold required for Bundestag seats, securing only 4.981 percent.....a shortfall of about 9,529 votes. This failure excluded BSW from parliament despite strong regional support in eastern states like Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, where it had won 11-16% in prior state elections.
So....is it serious?
Isolated recounts in roughly 250 polling stations (North Rhine-Westphalia, Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin) uncovered around 1,300 additional BSW votes per station. BSW estimates a full recount could add up to 30,000 votes, enough to cross 5-percent.
In polls....one out of three Germans say....yeah, go ahead and recount.
The court is up now....reviewing data, and will issue a ruling.
Problems? If the recount occurs, and they find 10,000 votes....they have to be given seats in the Bundestag....but here is the bigger issue.....the CDU-CSU and SPD coalition would NOT have sufficient numbers for their coalition.....Merz would have to invite the Greens, or Linke, or BSW to join as well.
If you thought things were rough now....go try to imagine a new and broader coalition.
The funny aspect? Court orders a recount, and they find sufficient votes....plus 1....to force a new coalition.
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