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DSDP Narrowly Wins Federal Election but Tricky Coalition Negotiations Ahead
November 5702

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The Bundestag is once again ungovernable.

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Dunburg - The DSDP won the 5702 Federal Election, narrowly beating the NDZP while losing significant support in votes and seats. This is the fourth time in a row the DSDP wins an election under the leadership of Chancellor Matthias Werner, who, based on the results of this election, is about to enter a phase of tricky and complex negotiations in order to form the new Federal Government.

This is why no traditional coalition, once again, was able to elect enough lawmakers to cross the majority threshold of 316 members required to elect a majority government, leaving room only for a Grand Coalition or for an unprecedented inclusion of the Pirate Party in the next government. Rikkert Van Der Plaas, the leader and founder of the protest party, hinted during the campaign that the Pirates "might be involved in the next coalition negotiation phase", although saying they won't cooperate with 'extreme' parties like the DRF, dubbed too socialist, and the KBP, dubbed too traditionalist. The Greens, who obtained a notable increase in votes and seats, leave the door open to cooperation with the Pirates, with leader Niedermeyer saying: "We can certainly cooperate with the Pirate Party on a number of issues, while other issues, mainly economic ones, would be difficult to navigate together. I am imagining that if we were to cooperate with that party, we would need to negotiate a Government's Contract first."

President Johanssohn invited Werner to Karlottenberg Schloss later this week to discuss the way ahead and to explore the Chancellor's availability to serve a fourth term, a term which will likely require managing a wide and ideologically-conflicting coalition. The President will also hold phone calls with leaders of the NDZP, TLD and the GPP, Karlottenberg Schloss said.

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5702 Federal Election:
Social-Democratic Party of Dundorf (DSDP): 19.861.252 | 21.8% and 137 seats (-2,1% and -16)
New Dundorfian Centre Party (NDZP): 18.824.639 | 20.6% and 131 seats (+0,8% and +6)
Green Party for the Planet (GPP): 12.724.724 | 13.9% and 88 seats (+1,2% and +9)
Dundorfian Red Front (DRF): 10.332.541 | 11.3% and 71 seats (-2,1% and -13)
Team Liberal-Democrats (TLD): 10.295.325 | 11.3% and 70 seats (+1,5% and +9)
Pirate Party of Dundorf (PPD): 9.661.710 | 10.6% and 67 seats (+1,1% and +8)
Conservative Federal Party (KBP): 9.550.904 | 10.5% and 66 seats (-0,4% and -3)

Turnout: 91.251.095 (81,5%)

Possible Coalitions (316 needed):
- GroKo+GPP (DSDP-NDZP-GPP): 356 seats
- DSDP-GPP-TLD-PPD: 362 seats