Dundorf

[TheNick]

Franz Johanssohn Elected Federal President
April 5700 (backdated)

---

The Green Deputy Minister-President from Chontalen, here seen celebrating, is the new Federal President.

---

Dunburg - Franz Johanssohn, the candidate of the Green Party who surprised everyone in the first round of voting, has defeated Bruno Steigerwald, of the NDZP, and is elected the new Federal President of Dundorf. Johanssohn is the current deputy Minister-President of the state of Chontalen, and his candidacy was supported in ticket by the GPP and the DRF, while their government ally DSDP ran the candidacy of Anna Leesdorf. The GPP-DRF ticket, whose odds were low in the beginning, managed to beat several other candidates, including the prominent candidate of the DSDP, and advance to the run-off together with Mr. Steigerwald. Mr. Johanssohn's strategy for the second round was to reassure moderates and centrists, as well as convincing Leesdorf's voters to back him in the run-off, while Steigerwald tried to outreach to moderate DSDP voters, and the Pirates. Johansshon ended up winning very narrowly against Mr. Steigerwald, a different story compared to four years ago, when outgoing President Lorena Oberlitz handily beated Bruno Steigerwald. 

The candidates in the first round were: Franz Johanssohn, backed by GPP and DRF, who eventually won the election; Bruno Steigerwald, former Presidential nominee backed by NDZP and TLD; Federica Van Der Plaas, the Pirate candidate who is the wife of Rikkert Van Der Plaas, the party leader; Anna Leesdorf, former Justice Minister and DSDP candidate, endorsed by Chancellor Werner and President Oberlitz; and Elena Gruber, the Minister-President from Julstoch, was the KBP candidate. While DSDP and Anna Leesdorf obtained an expected result (23,7%), the sudden surge of the red-green ticket led by Franz Johansshon surprised everyone and granted him a spot in the ballot for the second round. Steigerwald won an impressive 31,2% of the votes in the first round, but it wasn't enough to win in the second round. Ms. Van Der Plaas obtained a very negative result (only 7,5%) and refused to endorse anyone for the runoff. The KBP result (12%) was described as "satisfactory" by their candidate, Elena Gruber.

In the second round, Mr. Johansshon was able to win 50,5% of the votes, beating NDZP-TLD's Steigerwald by just one percentage point. Overall, the center-right candidate was able to improve by 7 points his performance, even more strongly in the conservative heartlands of Oderveld and Julstoch, but still, it wasn't enough to beat our country's center-left lean. The term of outgoing President Lorena Oberlitz will formally expire on April 30, the day Franz Johanssohn will be inaugurated in a ceremony at Karlottenberg Schloss.

---

Full Results of the 5700 Dundorfian Presidential Elections:

2nd Round 
(turnout 72,7%, -2,3% vs 5696):

- Franz Johanssohn (GPP, endorsed by DRF): 41.127.370 (50,5%) - elected Federal President
- Bruno Steigerwald (NDZP, endorsed by TLD): 40.315.108 (49,5%)

1st Round 
(turnout 79,8%, -1,2% vs 5696):

- Bruno Steigerwald (NDZP, endorsed by TLD): 27.897.479 (31,2%) - advance to runoff
- Franz Johanssohn (GPP, endorsed by DRF): 22.816.755 (25,5%) - advance to runoff
- Anna Leesdorf (DSDP): 21.169.479 (23,7%)
- Elena Gruber (KBP): 10.754.337 (12 %)
- Federica Van Der Plaas (PPD): 6.764.878 (7,6%)