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The Hosian-Democrats Win the 5682 Election, but Bundestag is Split in Half
October 5682

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The Dundorfian Bundestag (pictured) is split in half: 315 members left-of-center and 315 members right-of-center.

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Dunburg - The Hosian-Democrats (NDZP) have won the 5682 Federal Election held yesterday, and the Zeitung projects that Chancellor Lorena Oberlitz's center-left government coalition will lose its majority status in this next term, meaning that her experience as Federal Chancellor is likely over. To be fair, the Zeitung is unable to project any majority in Bundestag: when 99,6% of the votes are counted, the center-right coalition can count on 315 seats, short 1 out of a majority, while the "wide" center-left coalition (including DRF) also has 315. For the first time in history, the Dundorfian Bundestag is exactly split in half between left-of-center members and right-of-center members, so, it is extremely likely that the next Federal Cabinet will be a Grand Coalition led by the NDZP.

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The biggest loser in this election is surely the Green Party: they are losing around 8 percentage points and are projected to lose no less than 50 seats in the Bundestag, it appears that they lost votes to both the left and right: DRF, the hard-left party, is surging by three percentage points and they performed better in the polling stations where the Greens had the most votes four years ago. According to our analysts, the Greens also lost their moderate vote to the NDZP and the DSDP, two parties that both increased their vote share compared to four years ago. Other than DRF and NDZP, another big surge was registered by the conservative regionalists of KBP, which increased their vote share by 2 whole percentage points, performing much better in rural districts after centering much of their campaign around farmers' issues and agricolture, a very strong sector in Dundorf.

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Chancellor Lorena Oberlitz, who ran her campaign around the recent historic trade deal with Xsampa and the economic stability of the past years, acknowledged that she will likely not be Chancellor in the future: "we worked hard to preserve workers' rights, to protect our strong Social-Democratic economy and to widen our international ties. While I'm happy for the result of my party [the DSDP], it's clear that the coalition that supported these efforts no longer enjoys the support of the Dundorfian people. I called Frieda Gimbel, the leader of the NDZP, and congratulated her on the NDZP's convincing victory. I also assured to her that the DSDP is ready to cooperate closely with her in the event of a future political transition."

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President Prawius, according to sources close to Karlottenberg Schloss, has called Frieda Gimbel and invited her to Palace for a meeting tomorrow at noon, while Chancellor Oberlitz will go to Palace in the afternoon. In this situation of a hung Bundestag, it is likely that the Federal President will ask NDZP and DSDP to form a Grand Coalition to ensure political stability. Calling both party leaders tomorrow at the Palace sure looks like this is the path the President is going to take.

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5682 Election results (+/- 5678) - 99,5% counted:

- NDZP: 27,9% and 176 seats (+1,8% and +11)
- DSDP: 25,6% and 161 seats (+0,5% and +2)
- KBP: 12,5% and 79 seats (+2,0% and +13)
- GPP: 10,0% and 63 seats (-7,8% and -50)
- TLD: 9,5% and 60 seats (+0,8% and +5)
- DRF: 7,5% and 47 seats (+3,3% and +22)
- DSU: 7,0% and 44 seats (-0,6% and -3)

Total 630 seats, 316 needed to win.

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Center-Left (incumbent, DSDP/GPP/DSU): 268

Center-Right (NDZP/KBP/TLD). 315

Wide Center-Left (DSDP/GPP/DRF/DSU): 315

Große Koalition (NDZP/DSDP): 337