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President Oberlitz Re-elected to a Second Term
March 5695 (backdated)

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The Zeitung projects incumbent Social-Democratic President Lorena Oberlitz will win a second term.

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Dunburg - Lorena Oberlitz wins the second round of the 5695 Presidential election and will therefore remain a tenant of Karlottenberg Schloss for five more years. President Oberlitz defeated Defense Minister Bruno Steigerwald, a candidate of the Hosian-Democrat party NDZP, with a margin of eight points, increasing her margin of victory compared to five years ago. Oberlitz partecipated in this election just months after handling complex coalition negotiations that led Chancellor Werner to a second term, a scenario complicated by the election results of last November, where the Dundorfians returned a Bundestag with no clear majority. Her role in solving a potential governmental crisis, crafting a "wide" Grand-Coalition, was credited to her by many voters in this presidential election: according to a Zeitung exit poll, over 62% of Dundorfians approve of her handling of the negotiations.

Oberlitz and Steigerwald advanced to this second round after winning the most votes two weeks ago, in the first round. The third most voted candidate, in an upset, was DRF candidate Gerda Kempf, who won over 13% of the votes toppling the Pirates' candidate, Rikkert Van Der Plaas, who fell to rougly 10% of the votes. In general, both in the first round and in the second round, more Dundorfians than ever voted: 91.8 million votes cast in the first round (82% turnout) and almost 84 million votes cast in the run-off (75%). Below the detailed results, courtesy of the Federal Electoral Commission.

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5695 Presidential Election Results: (compare the results with 5690 (1st round), (2nd round) and 5694)

2nd Round:
- Lorena Oberlitz (DSDP, incumbent): 45.368.423 (54,03%)
- Bruno Steigerwald (NDZP): 38.593.431 (45,97%)

Turnout: 83.961.854 (74,97%)

1st Round:
- Lorena Oberlitz (DSDP, incumbent): 23.910.858 (26%)
- Bruno Steigerwald (NDZP): 21.025.851 (22,9%)
- Gerda Kempf (DRF): 12.142.713 (13,2%)
- Simon Osterhaus (GPP): 9.585.962 (10,4%)
- Rikkert Van Der Plaas (PPD): 9.111.968 (9,9%)
- Luca Hartmann (KBP): 8.972.611 (9,8%)
- Gunther Krancke (TLD): 7.119.537 (7,8%)

Turnout: 91.869.500 (82,03%)