Election Error Fuels Recount Demands That Could Cost Merz His Majority

Election Error Fuels Recount Demands That Could Cost Merz His Majority

A vote-counting blunder in the mayoral run-off in Mülheim an der Ruhr has reignited debate over the reliability of German elections, prompting the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), a left-wing nationalist party, to demand a nationwide recount of February’s Bundestag vote—a move that could strip Chancellor Friedrich Merz of his majority. In Mülheim, an initial declaration of victory for Social Democrat (SPD) challenger Nadia Khalaf was overturned …