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The Official PEP Newsletter

BREAKING: Michael Bergmann Pulls Off Stunning Primary Victory!


Michael Bergmann Holds Victory Party in Kluptoon, Odufaray

  - The first PEP Presidential Primary proved to be one of the closest elections in Kalistan history. It illustrated the clash of ideologies amid the PEP with Bergmann drawing more moderate voters and Hutcher drawing the slightly more radical. Voting for the final ballot, open to all voters, began early this afternoon and ended at 6 PM. With the vote count being so close, it took an unprecedented amount of time for voting stations to count them. Overall, 17,500,000 voters cast ballots in the third round with an especially significant turnout among PEP voters, amounting to a turnout rate of over 90% of all registered PEP voters. Labour Party turnout came close to equalling that of the PEP, mostly in support of Michael Bergmann. Many Peoples' Party and KNLF voters came out to the polls as well. Nearly half of all votes came from unaffiliated voters.

Overall, Michael Bergmann claimed 50.2% of the vote to Darius Hutcher's 49.8%. Many supporters of Hutcher are outraged that voters of other parties were allowed to participate, citing a rather high turnout amid Labour Party voters, whose turnout most likely swung the election in Bergmann's favor. Still, Hutcher has officially ceded the primary to Bergmann. The following represents voting totals by district. Red indicates districts that Bergmann won and blue indicates those that Hutcher won. Districts with an asterisk indicate that the winning candidate was endorsed by that district's PEP Chairman.

Odufaray*
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1) Bergmann - 59%
2) Hutcher - 41%
Total: 4,000,000 votes

Vrassa*
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1) Bergmann - 54%
2) Hutcher - 46%
Total: 1,500,000 votes

Ananto*
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1) Hutcher - 52%
2) Bergmann - 48%
Total: 6,000,000 votes

Suldanor*
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1) Hutcher - 56%
2) Bergmann - 44%
Total: 1,000,000 votes

Neveras
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1) Hutcher - 54%
2) Bergmann - 46%
Total: 5,000,000 votes

  - Michael Bergmann is expected to deliver his victory speech sometime tomorrow. Jacob Knapp, the Chairman of the PEP, will reportedly speak as well. Knapp didn't endorse a candidate during the primary.