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Dundorf 5734: Pirates Go Extinct as Center-Right Bloc Holds Majority
October 5734

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This election hasn't significantly changed the balance of power, except for the ouster of the Pirate Party from the Dundorfian Bundestag.

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DUNBURG - The story of the night, following the October Federal Election, is that the next Dundorfian Bundestag will not feature the presence of the Pirate Party, an anti-establishment populist party that sought to break Dundorf's traditional blocs politics since 5690. The ouster come after forty-four years in Bundestag, and a term served in government where the former historical leader, Dr. Theodore Engel, served as Minister of Finance. The party, for the last five or six years, suffered from internal turmoil and constant disorganization which led to gradual loss of support over time, culminating in a record low 3% and no representation at all this year. Political experts are unsure whether the Pirates can survive this year, our own Thomas Wahl: "The Pirate Party doesn't have a clear leader, has as many factions as it has voters and they've not been relevant since the 5710s. In my opinion, this is a dying party, nearing political extinction."

Other parties performed as expected, there are no dramatic gains or losses elsewhere in the political spectrum, if not for a minor realignment in the center-right bloc, where the Liberals have lost one point and a half, gained from their junior ally the KBP. Overall, Chancellor Hermann Felder's center-right coalition has retained roughly the same votes compared to four years ago and expanded slightly their majority in Bundestag. For this reason, our decision desk believes in all probability that the incumbent government will serve a second term, reaching 5738.
Within the opposing bloc, DSDP-led center-left coalition, every party seems to benefit from the Pirates' collapse as all the members of the alliance gain voters and representation in Bundestag. This was the first showing for Egon Moltenhauer's DSDP, and the party failed in its primary objective to overtake the NDZP, but "nevertheless stopped its vote bleeding and consolidated its position as the leader of the 'red bloc'", Mr. Moltenhauer said.

The new leader of the DSDP also said exclusively to the Zeitung:

We congratulate the NDZP and its allies on this confirmatory victory, and wish them a second term full of success. We note that turnout feel a bit compared to four years ago, and Social-Democrats are ready to mobilize once again these disappointed Dundorfians and regain the Chancellery in 5738!

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5734 Dundorfian Legislative Election

Turnout: 88.441.072 (79% | -1,5% vs 5725)

New Dundorfian Centre Party (NDZP): 20.131.983 | 22,8% and 148 seats (+0,3% and +1)
Social-Democratic Party of Dundorf (DSDP): 18.396.099 | 20,8% and 134 seats (+0,6% and +3) 
Team Liberal-Democrats (TLD): 13.014.725 | 14,7% and 96 seats (-1,5% and -8) 
Dundorfian Red Front (DRF): 11.924.123 | 13,5% and 88 seats (+0,8% and +8) 
Conservative Federal Party (KBP): 11.382.206 | 12,8% and 84 seats (+1,5% and +10) 
Green Party for the Planet (GPP): 11.039.650 | 12,5% and 80 seats (+1% and +6) 
Pirate Party of Dundorf (PPD): 2.552.286 | 2,9% and 0 seats (-2,7% and -20)

Blue Bloc (center-right coalition): 50,3% (328 seats)
Red Bloc (center-left coalition): 46,8% (302 seats)