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DSDP Wins the 5714 Federal Election, Center-Left Bloc Wins Narrow Majority

October 5714

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The results of the elections.

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Dunburg - After eight years of Freda Gimbel's rule as Chancellor, head of a Grand Coalition made up by her party, the NDZP, and TLD, PPD and GPP, the Dundorfian people appear to have voted to radically change the composition of the Bundestag, with the latest projections giving a slim but outright majority to the center-left bloc. The DSDP, in particular, saw a very positive result after her leader, Renate Reinhardt, spent the past two terms as the Leader of the Opposition and constantly framed the Government as unreliable, uneffective and litigious. While she bashed the Federal Government, particularly fiscally conservative TLD and PPD, she and Chancellor Freda Gimbel maintained a friendship throughout the years and Mrs. Reinhardt attacked her rarely in her function as Chancellor.

While most parties did see some positive gains, whether small or large, two parties who made past political fortunes based on their populism declined significantly: the Pirates and the KBP. The former has been object of criticism from their own members for their perceived excessive istitutionalism and for being too lax on the budget, despite Finance Minister and Pirate Leader Dr. Theodore Engel achieving a surplus. The latter has been inactive on most political fronts, both on the federal level and at the state level, causing them to lose votes to NDZP and TLD, or to abstentation. This decline is very evident in the state of Julstoch, where their movement started decades ago: for the first time the KBP wasn't able to win a plurality there, which instead went to the NDZP. The Hosian-Democrats, despite gaining a new region, actually declined at the national level: probably due to some fatigue after two terms in government. The Greens, unlike their leftist partners, did not see huge gains, probably because of their partecipation in the Gimbel cabinet.

Now, depending on the choices of Karlottenberg Schloss, Renate Reinhardt is very well positioned to become Dundorf's newest Federal Chancellor, succeeding her colleague and friend Mrs. Gimbel. Renate Reinhard previously served as Labor Minister from 5694 to 5706, in former Chancellor Matthias Werner's cabinet, and is a member of the Bundestag since 5686, characterizing her as a senior member of the party. Since 5707 she is the Federal Secretary of the DSDP and has been Leader of the Opposition since then, inheriting the role from her former boss, Chancellor Werner. She might decide to form a cabinet coalition with parties belonging to the so-called red-bloc (DSDP-DRF-GPP), which has obtained 316 seats, or she can choose a more stable option (in terms of parliamentary strength) and form a new Grand Coalition, perhaps with the Greens and the NDZP, but at the risk of unleash further DRF growth, which could undermine the DSDP.


DSDP Leader Renate Reinhardt speaking at a party conference last September.

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5714 Dundorfian Federal Election:

Turnout: 92.152.197 (82.3%, +1% vs 5710) 

Social-Democratic Party of Dundorf (DSDP): 22.918.839 | 24.9% and 158 seats (+2.7% and +14) 
New Dundorfian Centre Party (NDZP): 19.108.085 | 20.7% and 131 seats (-1.4% and -13) 
Dundorfian Red Front (DRF): 13.382.392 | 14.5% and 91 seats (+1.0% and +3) 
Team Liberal-Democrats (TLD): 11.473.605 | 12.5% and 78 seats (+0.1% and -2) 
Green Party for the Planet (GPP): 9.858.422 | 10.7% and 67 seats (+0.1% and 0) 
Pirate Party of Dundorf (PPD): 9.375.435 | 10.2% and 65 seats (-1.3% and -7) 
Conservative Federal Party (KBP): 6.035.419 | 6.5% and 40 seats (-1.2% and -5)

(OOC: This was the first election generated through a model.