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The federal election in Berlin will be repeated.
More than 500,000 people can cast their vote again.
Will the election chaos of 2021 repeat itself?
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On February 11th, after the 2021 breakdown disaster, the federal election will be repeated - but only partially.
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Berlin – After the election debacle of 2021, elections will be held again in Berlin.
455 electoral districts in all 12 constituencies vote on who should represent them in the Bundestag - over two years later.
The blame lies with a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court after the CDU and CSU sued over the botched election.
The reasons included incorrectly filled out ballot papers, partially closed polling stations or hours of waiting in front of the polling stations.
As the Federal Returning Authority announced in response to a request from
IPPEN.MEDIA
, around 550,000 eligible voters have been asked to go to the ballot box.
This means that just over a fifth of the voters registered for the 2021 federal election will have to vote again.
However, voter turnout is expected to be lower than it was two years ago, notes Berlin political scientist Thorsten Faas.
Voter turnout could drop from the previous 75 percent to 40 percent.
Anyone who has been resident in the affected electoral district for at least 42 days before the election can cast their vote in the by-election.
Anyone who has moved away loses their right to vote.
People who no longer live in Germany but had their last place of residence in an affected electoral district can “apply for entry in the voters’ register,” the Federal Elections Authority said.
No new candidates in the re-election in Berlin
The selection, however, has not changed compared to the 2021 election.
As the state election authority announces on its website, “election proposals can only be changed if an applicant has died or is no longer eligible for election.
New election proposals will not be accepted.”
Long queues in front of the polling stations – the 2021 federal elections in Berlin were rather chaotic.
Will redial be a disaster again?
© Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance/dpa
Anyone who rejected their mandate in 2021 will also appear on the ballot papers again.
If they accept the election this time, their list successors could lose their seats in the Bundestag.
But only “when the Council of Elders of the German Bundestag decides that the person following the list will lose their membership”.
You can find out everything you need to know about the Berlin election in the question and answer overview here.
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Does the repeat election of the federal election have an impact on the traffic light government?
It is unlikely that the by-election will change anything in the current traffic light coalition government.
However, some mandates could be distributed differently - even beyond the borders of Berlin.
In Berlin, the mandates of Monika Grütters (CDU) from the Reinickendorf constituency and the Green MP Stefan Gelbhaar in the Pankow constituency are particularly at risk, reports the
Tagesschau
.
Who can vote? |
People over 18 who have moved to a relevant electoral district at least 42 days before the election. |
When will the election take place? |
Sunday, February 11, 2024 |
Who is up for election? |
The candidates from the 2021 election are running again. No further candidates are allowed to join. Only deceased people are excluded from the election. |
How many electoral districts need to have new elections? |
455 electoral districts in Berlin. |
In which constituencies will new elections be held? |
The election will be repeated in all 12 Berlin constituencies. |
“During the repeat election, not only the first but also the second votes will be cast again in the affected Berlin electoral districts and the election result will be redetermined nationwide, taking into account the result of the Berlin repeat election,” writes the election management.
This means that the election on Sunday could also lead to mandate shifts in other federal states.