٠٠:٠٥:٣٦Die Linke's co-lead candidates Dietmar Bartsch and Janine Wissler spoke about their party's disappointing election results alongside federal co-chairperson Susanne Hennig-Wellsow at a press conference in Berlin on Monday.
Hennig-Wellsow said that the party had taken a 'beating,'
"We lost badly and we know that we suffered a severe defeat," she added.
Die Linke won just 4.9 percent of the vote, according to the official provisional results, down 4.3 percent on 2017.
Despite not meeting the five percent hurdle for entry into the Bundestag the party is still set to win 39 seats, after winning three direct mandates, which under German election law entitles them to receive seats according to their party list vote share.
Three representatives won their direct mandates on Sunday evening, Gesine Lotzsch, Gregor Gysi, and Soren Pellmann.
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Die Linke's co-lead candidates Dietmar Bartsch and Janine Wissler spoke about their party's disappointing election results alongside federal co-chairperson Susanne Hennig-Wellsow at a press conference in Berlin on Monday.
Hennig-Wellsow said that the party had taken a 'beating,'
"We lost badly and we know that we suffered a severe defeat," she added.
Die Linke won just 4.9 percent of the vote, according to the official provisional results, down 4.3 percent on 2017.
Despite not meeting the five percent hurdle for entry into the Bundestag the party is still set to win 39 seats, after winning three direct mandates, which under German election law entitles them to receive seats according to their party list vote share.
Three representatives won their direct mandates on Sunday evening, Gesine Lotzsch, Gregor Gysi, and Soren Pellmann.
Die Linke's co-lead candidates Dietmar Bartsch and Janine Wissler spoke about their party's disappointing election results alongside federal co-chairperson Susanne Hennig-Wellsow at a press conference in Berlin on Monday.
Hennig-Wellsow said that the party had taken a 'beating,'
"We lost badly and we know that we suffered a severe defeat," she added.
Die Linke won just 4.9 percent of the vote, according to the official provisional results, down 4.3 percent on 2017.
Despite not meeting the five percent hurdle for entry into the Bundestag the party is still set to win 39 seats, after winning three direct mandates, which under German election law entitles them to receive seats according to their party list vote share.
Three representatives won their direct mandates on Sunday evening, Gesine Lotzsch, Gregor Gysi, and Soren Pellmann.