In Germany, a software error affected the state elections in Saxony, leading to a miscalculation of the new parliamentary seats. The state's electoral administration has now clarified the situation.
The software glitch in the calculation of the distribution of seats in Saxony's new state parliament has been corrected, and this error had no effect on the provisional election result, according to the state election administration. According to the preliminary results, the CDU achieved a result of 31.9%; with the AfD just behind with 30.6% and BSW achieving 11.8% from the start. The SPD got 7.3% and the Greens 5.1%. The Left Party fell to 4.5% and the FDP to 0.9%.
The decision on the distribution of seats in the 8th Saxony state parliament will be taken by the state election commission after the official final result, which is still pending, the administration added. However, due to the recalculation after the crash, the AfD will most likely not have a so-called "blocking minority" in the state. The party has launched an investigation - "If there are any irregularities, we will take legal action," said Jörg Urban, the leader of the AfD's parliamentary and state group in Saxony, demanding a precise analysis of the error. A "blocking minority" means that a party has more than a third of the seats in the state parliament. In this case, it can prevent certain state laws that are passed with a two-thirds majority of all MPs.
In Saxony, as in other federal states, constitutional judges and the president of the Court of Auditors, for example, are elected by a two-thirds majority of MPs. This means that certain positions could not be filled without the approval of the AfD, which could also have prevented the state parliament from dissolving itself.
The original article via Diesachen can be read here.
