Transmission error in Spandau: AfD wins direct mandate instead of CDU

There will be five fewer representatives in the next Berlin House of Representatives than previously expected.

As Spandau district returning officer Katrin Zickert confirmed to rbb on Friday, it was not the CDU candidate Bettina Meißner who won the direct mandate in the Spandau 1 constituency, but rather the AfD candidate Tommy Tabor.

The cause is an error in transmitting the election results. According to current knowledge, the votes were counted correctly on election evening, but the result was incorrectly passed on by telephone. The “Tagesspiegel” had previously reported on the breakdown.

The correction changes the calculations for overhang and compensation mandates. According to state returning officer Stephan Bröchler, the new House of Representatives will therefore not have 158, but 153 seats. Which five MPs will lose their mandate as a result is still being determined. Clarity can be expected later on Friday.