The number of seats in the Berlin State Assembly has changed: 5 candidates will not be able to enter the parliament

Berlin State Electoral Board Chairman Stephan Bröchler, in his statement to the German media, announced that following the recount result in the Spandau district, there will be 153 deputies in the state parliament instead of 158.

Thus, 5 candidates who thought they were elected MPs according to the provisional results announced on the election night will not be able to enter the parliament after the final seat distribution.

It is expected that which MPs will lose their seats will be finalized after the calculations are completed.

In the news in the German media, it was claimed that the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU), the Greens and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) would lose one seat each, and the Left Party would lose two seats.

According to the state's election law, a single direct change of mandate in the election result can affect not only the outcome between the two candidates, but also the total number of seats in the state assembly and the distribution of seats of other parties.

In the Berlin state council elections held on September 20 in Germany, the Left Party, which nominated Elif Eralp as prime minister, took first place with 25.7 percent, increasing its votes by 13.4 points compared to the previous election. The Christian Democrats, the major partner in power in the state and federal government, lost 9.5 points and fell to second place with 18.8 percent.

The Alternative for Germany Party (AfD), which increased its votes by 7.2 points in the Berlin elections, ranked third with 16.3 percent, while the Greens, who lost 4.1 points, came in fourth with 14.3 percent, and the Social Democrats, who lost 6.3 points, came in fifth with 12.1 percent.