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5666 Election: Progressive Coalition Holds Majority, while NDZP Holds First Position
November 5666 (Backdated)

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The Federal Chancellery in Dunburg

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Dunburg - The results from yesterday's Federal Election confirm what the polls and the experts have been saying for the final part of the campaign: the incumbent left-wing coalition, often called as 'Progressive Koalition', won enough seats to maintain a majority in the Bundestag allowing Chancellor Schneider to remain in power with the same government. The center-right NDZP won the most votes as a party, and will hold the title of largest party, meaning that they'll be given the right to form a coalition first, as is a custom in Dundorfian politics. Chancellor Lennard Schneider was clear: he campaigned on the promise of a second progressive term, and is unlikely to accept a Grand Koalition with the Hosian-Democrats, and perhaps the NDZP is not very interested in governing with Mr. Schneider, who unlike past DSDP leaders isn't a moderate but a progressive. 

The new Bundestag will also have to elect a new Federal President, in 5669, succeeding term-limited President Teitelbaum (TLD): on this, Chancellor Schneider was clear: 

The DSDP doesn't want to grab power, and this is why I decided that the DSDP won't be fielding a candidate for President because we already control, and will likely continue to, the Federal Chancellery. I think this is an excellent opportunity for the smaller parties to come up with a strong and independent-minded nominee for the office of the President. Our party will reserve the right to vote for the nominee we deem best fit to assume this important role.

Rumors suggest that Greens are intensively lobbying its partners to back one of their nominees, while the DRF would like to maintain tradition and nominate one of their own as President. In the opposition, it isn't clear what the NDZP and TLD will do: perhaps they'd be open to back a moderate Green, but if that's not the case, they'll likely run a joint Presidential nomination with a NDZP candidate, since TLD controlled the Presidency for the past 2 terms. The conservative KBP will run Dr. Francine Mueller, the Minister-President of Julstoch, as their Presidential Nominee and invited other center-right parties to join them in order to show the Progressive Government that the conservative opposition is united.

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Election Results (+/- 5662):
- NDZP: 22,8% and 146 seats (+0,9% and +1)
- DSDP: 21% and 141 (+0,1% and +5)
- TLD: 12,8% and 82 (-0,1% and -1)
- GPP: 11,8% and 78 (-0,7% and -3)
- KBP: 11,4% and 69 (-0,4% and +2)
- DRF: 10,3% and 54 (+0,4% and =)
- DSU: 9,9% and 60 (-0,1% and -4)

Progressive Koalition: 333/630 (316 needed to win)