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NDZP Wins Federal Election, Incumbent Government Loses Majority
October 5646

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A voter voting.

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Dunburg - The second Berger federal cabinet has lost its majority: DSDP gets a disappointing second place after eight years of Chancellery, the Greens lost ground again, and the DRF collapsed under the weight of the intra-party secession carried by the former "Pragmatic" wing, which formed the new party DSU. On the other hand, the parties in the center-right of the spectrum saw important gains: NDZP regained the first position, with 29% of votes, and the liberals at TLD surged at 18% support. Still, a center-right government with JSU can't be formed due to lack of parliamentary support (303 seats vs 316 needed to elect the Chancellor), but almost certainly, after eight years of "Red-Red-Green" government, the next Federal Cabinet will move to the right. All the results can be consulted to the brand-new website put up by the Department of Election and Referenda of the Interior Ministry, at this link: dundorf-wahl.bundesregierung.dun

Other possibilites for a coalition government are a "Grand Coalition" (NDZP and DSDP) or centrist coalition with NDZP, the Greens and TLD; but no indications will come from Karlottenburg Schloss this time, as Federal President Juliane Offenbach commented this morning on DÖR 1 (Dundorfian Public Radio 1): 

Quite evidently, the people chose not to renew their confidence in the outgoing government and also sent the party that held the Chancellery in second place. My duty as the representative of all Dundorfians is to call Frau Erica Kleinfelder of the NDZP and appoint her as Chancellor-designate. She will, in that position, choose the best coalition suited to support her for the next four years. I thank Chancellor Jorg Berger for his commitment to Dundorf and for having been a great leader to the DSDP, I'm sure our party members appreciate what he did for us in the past years.