Dundorf

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Center-Left Coalition Retains Majority in 5718 Federal Election
October 5718

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Chancellor Renate Reinhardt's DSDP retained the top spot among Dundorf's parties.

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Dunburg - According to an official Zeitung projection, the incumbent center-left coalition led by Federal Chancellor Renate Reinhardt (DSDP) will secure a majority in the Bundestag and will likely remain in power for another four years. Four years ago, the so-called 'red bloc' won back power after decades with an extremely slim majority: just 316 seats out of 630. Today's projection tells us that the majority will remain largely unvaried, with the DSDP, DRF and GPP collectively winning 317 seats. But the internal balance has changed: the DSDP and DRF saw a decline in votes and seats, while the GPP witnessed a surge that allowed them to become the second-largest force in the coalition. This means that the position of Deputy Chancellor, currently held by DRF leader Gerda Kempf, will likely pass over to the GPP, accordind to the coalition's internal standing rules.

In the center-right, NDZP saw a big decline of two percentage points which was compensated by the liberal surge of the TLD, which became the third largest political force over night. The KBP continues to experience an internal crisis and reach a new low, a little over 6% of the votes. Rumours are getting more and more frequent that a leadership change is incoming, although KBP Leader Leonard Gruber says: "I'm not worried for my or KBP's position. We'll recover but it takes time to reclaim our voters who went to other parties". Outside the two coalitions, the populist and fiscally conservative Pirate Party remained largely stable, but their weight will likely be very weak since the center-left won again an outright majority.

President Werner, upon learning the results of the election, telephoned to Mrs. Reinhardt and invited her to Karlottenberg Schloss to discuss the formation of the next Federal Government. Sources close to both the Federal President and the Federal Chancellor, who both belong to the DSDP, say that the preference for the continuation of the current cabinet is "strong".

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5718 Dundorfian Federal Election:

Turnout: 89.764.290 (80.2%, -2.1% vs 5714) 

Social-Democratic Party of Dundorf (DSDP): 21.530.551 | 24% and 153 seats (-0.9% and -5) 
New Dundorfian Centre Party (NDZP): 16.706.141 | 18.6% and 118 seats (-2.1% and -13) 
Team Liberal-Democrats (TLD): 13.074.736 | 14.6% and 91 seats (+2.1% and +13)
Green Party for the Planet (GPP): 11.925.185 | 13.3% and 83 seats (+2.6% and +15) 
Dundorfian Red Front (DRF): 11.647.854 | 13% and 81 seats (-1.5% and -10) 
Pirate Party of Dundorf (PPD): 9.386.924 | 10.5% and 66 seats (+0.3% and +1) 
Conservative Federal Party (KBP): 5.492.899 | 6.1% and 38 seats (-0.4% and -2)

(OOC: This election was generated through a model.)