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Revision admissible in municipal election review case

BVerwG 8 B 5/11, 8 B 5/11 (8 C 7/11)Bverwg / Division 8Jul 5, 2011Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court upheld the complaint against the refusal to admit revision. It held that the case has fundamental importance under § 132(2)(1) VwGO because revision must clarify whether the constitutional principle of equal opportunities for political parties permits interpreting a municipal election law so that a party may contest only the unlawfulness, not the lawfulness, of a municipal election in election review proceedings.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; admissibility of revision for fundamental importance in municipal election review proceedings. The question whether the principle of equal opportunities of political parties under Art. 21 Abs. 1 sentence 1 GG in conjunction with Art. 28 Abs. 1 sentences 1 and 2 GG permits an interpretation of state municipal election law limiting a party’s ability to invoke only the unlawfulness, but not the lawfulness, of a municipal election raises a question requiring clarification in revision. A complaint is successful if the challenged legal issue is not yet conclusively clarified and is capable of general significance beyond the individual case.

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BVerwG — 8 B 5/11, 8 B 5/11 (8 C 7/11), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-07-05

Aktenzeichen: 8 B 5/11, 8 B 5/11 (8 C 7/11)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: Art 21 Abs 1 S 1 GG, Art 28 Abs 1 S 1 GG, Art 28 Abs 1 S 2 GG, § 132 Abs 2 Nr 1 VwGO

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, 5. November 2010, Az: 15 A 860/10, Beschluss

Spruchkörper: 8. Senat

Titelzeile

Revisionszulassung; Rechtmäßigkeitsprüfung im Kommunalwahlprüfungsverfahren

Gründe

1 Die Beschwerde hat Erfolg. Der Rechtssache kommt grundsätzliche Bedeutung zu (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO), was vom Kläger noch hinlänglich dargelegt wird. Im Revisionsverfahren wird voraussichtlich zu klären sein, ob der Grundsatz der Chancengleichheit der politischen Parteien (Art. 21 Abs. 1 Satz 1, Art. 28 Abs. 1 Satz 1 und 2 GG) es zulässt, ein Kommunalwahlgesetz eines Landes so auszulegen, dass eine politische Partei im Verfahren der Wahlprüfung zwar die Rechtswidrigkeit, nicht aber die Rechtmäßigkeit einer Kommunalwahl geltend machen darf.

Keywords

revision admissibilityfundamental importancemunicipal election reviewequal opportunities of political partiesstandingconstitutional interpretation

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether revision should be admitted for the question whether a state municipal election law may be interpreted so that a political party may challenge only the unlawfulness, not the lawfulness, of a municipal election in election review proceedings.

Extracted holding

The complaint is successful because the case raises a question of fundamental importance that still requires clarification in revision.

Extracted reasoning

It remains to be clarified whether the constitutional principle of equal opportunities for political parties allows such a restrictive interpretation of municipal election review standing.

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