The Left achieved a stable result in the small partial by-election. In the new vote in around a fifth of Berlin's electoral districts, the Left gained slightly.
The Left recently had poor poll numbers nationwide and had to cope with the splitting off of the wing around Bundestag member Sahra Wagenknecht. Maximilian Schirmer sees his party's election results as a tailwind in the partial repeat of the federal election in the capital. He expressed concern about the AfD's gains.