Recount in Berlin: AfD candidate Tabor wins direct mandate in Spandau

A recount will lead to a change in the result of the Berlin House of Representatives election. The direct mandate in the Spandau 1 constituency goes to the AfD candidate Tommy Tabor, as state returning officer Stephan Bröchler announced. Initially, the CDU candidate Bettina Meißner was declared the winner. The Tagesspiegel first reported on the incident.

This means major changes for the composition of the House of Representatives as a whole. Because the CDU did not get the direct mandate, an overhang mandate will no longer apply, said Bröchler. This means that the number of compensation mandates must also be recalculated. This is expected to reduce the number of representatives in parliament from 158 to 153. How exactly the seats will be distributed among the parties is still being calculated.

According to Bröchler, the reason for the recount was that the quick report of the result sent by telephone did not match what was in the electoral board's minutes. The correct number was recorded there, according to which Tabor is ahead with 34 votes and not Meißner with 80 votes. Bröchler said he could not say at the moment why an incorrect result was transmitted.