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NDZP Wins the 5706 Federal Election, Bundestag is the Most Fragmented Ever
November 5706

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A beautiful view of the Bundestag, from across the Ode River.

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Dunburg - The NDZP is projected to be the largest party after this Federal Election, ending a sixteen-year long rule of the DSDP under Chancellor Matthias Werner. The overall result of the election is very fragmented: NDZP wins this election with only 21,5% of the votes, ahead of the Social-Democrats by one point and a half. Four parties are battling for third place, all between 12 and 13 percentage points: the Pirates, the Greens, the Liberal-Democrats and the Red Front. Very bad result for the conservative ruralists, which fell under 10% and will not earn any delegate out of Chontalen, where their state list fell under the 5% threshold.

A fragmented electoral result also means that that the Bundestag is fragmented and thus, it will become very difficult to form a new cabinet, which will be mainly President Meyer's responsibility. Pirate leader Dr. Theodore Engel stated at the Piraten's election night watch party: "The Pirates are ready to assume resposibility as the third largest party. We will have a serious meeting with President Meyer and we will explain that our priority, at the moment, is to form a Federal Government with a responsible and austere fiscal policy capable of responding to 16 years of Socialist governments. It must be crystal clear that the Pirates will not renounce their social-issues liberal platform."
DSDP leader Reinhardt's statement was overall described as 'bittersweet' and one notable line from her speech was: "when I took the lead of this party we were polled at 16%. It appears that we will finish, in this election, over 20%. I am not satisfied of this result, but I am proud of the work Social-Democrats did to avoid a catastrophic loss. Congratulations to the NDZP on their well-deserved result, as well to the Pirates and our friends of the DRF."

Karlottenberg Schloss's Press Office announced that in the coming weeks, President Meyer will start meetings with leaders of all parties, looking for a way ahead and a possibility to form the new cabinet. For the first time in history, the Zeitung is not able to project "possible coalitions", given the level of fragmentation in this Bundestag, which will require a minimum 4-parties cabinet coalition.

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5706 Federal Election:

New Dundorfian Centre Party (NDZP): 19.289.591 | 21.5% and 138 seats (+0.9% and +7)
Social-Democratic Party of Dundorf (DSDP): 18.027.439 | 20.1% and 128 seats (-1.7% and -9)
Pirate Party of Dundorf (PPD): 11.702.894 | 13% and 82 seats (+2.4% and +15)
Dundorfian Red Front (DRF): 10.961.605 | 12.2% and 77 seats (+0.9% and +6)
Green Party for the Planet (GPP): 10.803.356 | 12% and 77 seats (-1.9% and -11)
Team Liberal-Democrats (TLD): 10.649.360 | 11.8% and 70 seats (+0.5% and +5)
Conservative Federal Party (KBP): 8.402.784 | 9.4% and 53 seats (-1.1% and -13)

Turnout: 89.837.029 (80.2%, -1.3%)