Germany's political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), said on Monday it might legally challenge the results of the national election after narrowly missing the 5% hurdle to enter parliament.

The left-wing conservative BSW party fell just short of the 5% threshold to enter the Bundestag with a nail-biting share of 4.97% of the vote on Sunday. View on euronews

BSW blames overseas voting problems in weighing lawsuit after missing Bundestag threshold by just 13,400 votes.

The leader of Germany's upstart Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) shared her trepidation at initial projections, whereby the newcomer party may yet fall short of the 5% threshhold to enter parliament.

After narrowly missing 5% threshold, BSW leaders say they will examine possible legal moves, as many Germans abroad could not cast their ballots as they did not receive their postal voting documents -