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President Hans Meyer Re-Elected in Landslide
March 5710

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Karlottenberg Schloss, official residence of the Federal President.

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Dunburg - President Hans Meyer has been re-elected in the first round of voting with over 57% of the votes, defeating the DSDP candidate, Jannik Klein, and DRF candidate Gerda Kempf with a sizeable margin. This represents the first time that a candidate wins the Presidential Election without needing a runoff since direct Presidential elections were re-established in 5690. This result was expected: President Meyer had the backing of the entire Governmental coalition (TLD, GPP and PPD) plus the KBP which decided to support the NDZP President once again.

Mr. Klein and Mrs. Kempf promptly conceded the race to the President, but noted that despite the very large coalition backing him, only about 57% of the Dundorfian people decided to actually vote for him, the remaining 43% splitting their votes between DSDP and DRF. Some DSDP backbencher members, who wished to remain anonymous, slammed the Greens' decision to back Meyer's second run calling it a 'betrayal' to the center-left coalition. Even the Pirate base was reportedly unhappy with the PPD's decision to not field a candidate for President: some local chapters boycotted the decision and instead instructed their members to either vote for Gerda Kempf or leave a blank ballot.

At the NDZP HQ, on a totally different note, people were very happy about the result. We interviewed Gertrud Anne, a 71-year-old party member who was attending the Meyer election night watch party: "I am so happy! We united the country behind President Meyer and had the support to do so from the left to the right. In a single move, the President stabilized an otherwise litigious-prone government coalition and ensured stability!" A small celebration took place also at the TLD headquarters, where fireworks were lit and younger party members put on a banner: "Meyer zerstört den Sozialismus!", which means "Meyer is destroying Socialism!". 

Mr. Meyer won an outright majority in every state except for Chontalen, where he only got 48% of the votes, confirming Chontalen's status as the most left-wing State in our Federal Republic. On the contrary, Meyer obtained almost 70% of the votes in conservative Julstoch, breaking a local record in votes, also thanks to the KBP's endorsement.

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5710 Dundorfian Presidential Election:
- Hans Meyer (NDZP, endorsed by: TLD, KBP, GPP, PPD) - incumbent: 51.587.859 (58,5%) | Re-Elected
- Jannik Klein (DSDP): 23.745.433 (26,9%)
- Gerda Kempf (DRF): 12.854.959 (14,6%)

Turnout: 78,7% (-2,8%)