German Court Rejects Wagenknecht Party's Vote Recount Request

The Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht narrowly missed the 5% threshold for Bundestag entry and faces a lengthy legal process to challenge the election results.

The Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) received 4.98% of the vote in the final tally, falling 9,529 votes short of the 5% threshold required for Bundestag entry.
The Federal Constitutional Court rejected BSW's emergency request for a nationwide recount, citing the need to follow the standard election review process.
BSW claims irregularities in the vote count, such as misattributed or invalidated votes, and points to additional votes found during partial recounts as evidence of potential errors.
The Bundestag will now review any objections from the BSW, but experts consider it unlikely that the process will change the election outcome or seat distribution.
If the Bundestag dismisses the objections, BSW plans to escalate the case back to the Constitutional Court, which could take several months to resolve.