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Dundorf Elects 5710: NDZP and DSDP Incredible Tie for First Place
November 5710 (backdated)

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Campaign posters in a suburb of Nordenhaus.

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Dunburg - The 5710 Federal Election to renew the Bundestag will result in a tie between the NDZP and the DSDP, separated just by a decimal point and on track to win the same number of seats in the legislature. This is the closest result in the history of the Federal Republic, and comes as the DSDP ends a powerful campaign to win back the first place in Dundorfian politics. It seems that this campaign led by Leader of the Opposition Renate Reinhardt has closed the gap with the Hosian-Democrats, but for one decimal point, the party of Chancellor Gimbel wins again. 

The other stories of this election include a new fall for the KBP, the conservative ruralist party, which reaches an historical low under 8% of the votes and remains locked out of the threshold in the states of Dunlake and Chontalen. The DRF, a democratic socialist party, rises to third place and win 88 seats in Bundestag, a growth that led the party leadership to demand President Meyer to enter in the next Federal Cabinet. The Greens and the Pirates, currently serving in Government with NDZP and TLD lost a point and a half, the latter have been particularly criticized by their own base following their party's endorsement of President Meyer in this spring's Presidential election.

The ball is now on President Meyer's yard: the current cabinet has preserved its majority status (363 members) despite some losses, but a more traditional Grand Coalition with NDZP, DSDP and TLD would enjoy more support in Bundestag (368) and more internal stability. It appears very unlikely that the Red Front will be able to join any Federal Cabinet: a center-left coalition of DSDP-GPP-DRF only controls 299 members out of 316 required to elect a Federal Chancellor.

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5710 Federal Election:

New Dundorfian Centre Party (NDZP): 20.254.894 | 22.2% and 144 seats (+0.7% and +6)
Social-Democratic Party of Dundorf (DSDP): 20.092.407 | 22.1% and 144 seats (+2% and +16)
Dundorfian Red Front (DRF): 12.256.440 | 13.5% and 88 seats (+1.3% and +11)
Team Liberal-Democrats (TLD): 11.344.832 | 12.4% and 80 seats (+0.6% and +5)
Pirate Party of Dundorf (PPD): 10.435.109 | 11.5% and 72 seats (-1.5% and -10)
Green Party for the Planet (GPP): 9.657.382 | 10.6% and 67 seats (-1.4% and -10)
Conservative Federal Party (KBP): 7.012.599 | 7.7% and 35 seats (-1.7% and -18)

Turnout: 91.053.663 (81.3%, +1.1%)