Nach der Wahl in Berlin: Wahlleiter: Das Berliner Parlament wird kleiner

After the recount of a voting result in Berlin-Spandau, the Berlin State Parliament is expected to have five fewer representatives than previously anticipated, according to Landeswahlleiter Stephan Bröchler. He confirmed to a dpa inquiry that the parliament will have 153 seats following the current count, as opposed to the initial expectation of 158.

CDU, SPD, and Green parties each lose one seat, while the Left party loses two. This change was primarily due to the recount in Wahlkreis Spandau 1. There, Tommy Tabor of the AfD received the most votes and secured a direct mandate, contrary to CDU candidate Bettina Meißner's assumption as initially reported. Meißner also does not secure a seat in the Parliament through the district list, resulting in her absence in the new legislative body.

The CDU candidate's lost seat and one of the party's overhang mandates affect the overall count. The revised distribution of seats is as follows: Linke at 45, CDU at 33, Grüne at 25, and SPD at 21. The majority in the State Parliament remains at 77 out of 153 seats, with the AfD maintaining 29 seats. A coalition of CDU, Grüne, and SPD currently has a narrow majority of two votes, while Rot-Grün-Rot holds 14 votes.

The sudden loss of five seats is linked to the recount in Spandau because the CDU candidate did not receive a direct mandate in that district, resulting in the loss of one overhang mandate. Consequently, the CDU now has 33 seats instead of the initially calculated 34. The revised calculations show that the overall number of seats in the Parliament will be 153 instead of the previously anticipated 158.

Bröchler emphasized that there is no chaos in Berlin's electoral process and that a controlled verification procedure is underway.