Berlin state parliament: five seats less after the recount in Spandau

After the recount of an election result in Berlin-Spandau, there are expected to be five fewer representatives in the Berlin state parliament than previously expected. State returning officer Stephan Bröchler announced this in response to a dpa request. “As things stand, Parliament will have 153 seats. On election night we assumed 158,” he said. There is one less seat each for the CDU, SPD and Greens. For the Left there are two seats. Several media outlets had previously reported on the issue.

The background is the recount in the Spandau 1 constituency. It turned out that the AfD candidate Tommy Tabor received the most votes there and thus the direct mandate, not the CDU candidate Bettina Meißner.

The CDU won one less direct mandate

According to Bröchler, the reason for the recount was that the quick report of the result sent by telephone did not match the one in the electoral board's minutes.

Because the CDU candidate did not receive a direct mandate, an overhang mandate will no longer apply. According to Bröchler, the number of compensation mandates must also be recalculated. This will reduce the number of representatives in the state parliament.

But the data is not yet set in stone, emphasized Bröchler. “It is always subject to the reservation that the state election committee will decide on this, including the statements on the distribution of seats.” Its meeting is scheduled for October 12th.