Election result corrected AfD loses seat in Saxony - this has major consequences
In Saxony, the AfD has lost one seat compared to the published election results. The reason is a software error. The AfD does not have a blocking minority after all.
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- Incorrect election results have been published in Saxony.
- Compared to the previously published election results, the AfD has lost one seat and thus the blocking minority in the Saxon state parliament.
- The reason for the incorrectly published results was a software error.
The electoral officer has corrected the provisional results of the Saxon state election. Due to a software error, an incorrect distribution of seats had been published, the state electoral administration announced.
As a result of the recalculation, the AfD has lost the blocking minority in the state that it would have had in the coming legislature according to the first published election results.
With more than a third of the seats, the AfD would have been able to block all decisions requiring a two-thirds majority in future. For example, constitutional judges are elected by parliament with a two-thirds majority. The party had announced its intention to make use of this means as often as possible in order to "drive the government before it".
