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Wolfgang Prawius Elected Federal President of Dundorf
February 5680

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Karlottenberg Schloss in Dunburg, Official Residence of the Federal President

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Dunburg - After three rounds of voting in the Bundestag, Wolfgang Prawius, a former Chancellor and leader of the NDZP, managed to get elected Federal President of the Federal Republic of Dundorf, defeating two other adversaries and becoming the first center-right President after two social-democratic and one liberal Heads of State. Supporting Prawius was the center-right coalition, composed by NDZP, TLD and KBP. The other contestants were Dr. Francine Florenz, a DSU candidate supported by the Greens and Karl-Heinrich Muller, now effectively a perennial candidate of the DRF. The Social-Democratic Party did not run a candidate nor endorsed anyone, instructing its members to vote blank in the first two ballots and freedom of choice from the third ballot onwards.

A significant number of DSDP Bundestag members (at least 35-40 according to our estimates) voted for Mr. Prawius as President after the NDZP conceded, last year, the Chancellorship to Lorena Oberlitz, who then proceeded to win re-election in the Bundestag with 319 votes out of 630. The margin of victory for the President-elect was similarly slim: he won 329 votes out of 630 electors. We remind our readers that after the third ballot, only a simple majority is enough to elect the new President, while in the first two balltos a candidate needs 2/3 of the votes.

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Wolfgang Prawius, a long-time member of the Bundestag, attended the session that led him to become President, and shortly afterwards the President of the Chamber officially proclaimed him the President-elect, he waved to the public and left the Chamber accompanied by his closest aides. Our reporter on the field saw the President-elect going into Karlottenberg Schloss, likely to meet with President Anna Freiland-Weber and discuss the upcoming transition. Back in Bundestag, in the center-left field, there was some disappointment coming specifically from Green and DSU members, who wished that the DSDP had remained united and endorsed their joint candidate. DRF's Muller clearly said, protesting, that "the DSDP sold its soul to the NDZP in exchange of the Chancellorship". Au contraire, many center-right commentators praised the Chancellor's decision to not endorse any candidate and thanked the DSDP members who decided to support Mr. Prawius. DSDP Bundestag Fraction leader Jens Van Dijk instead noted: "Wolfgang Prawius is a former Chancellor and a formidable person to lead this country. Our party told its members to vote according to their opinions and conscience, so we were actually the most democratic party out there."

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Results of the Presidential Election - Third Ballot (420 needed to win (first and second ballot), 316 needed to win (from third ballot onwards):
Herr Wolfgang Prawius, NDZP (endorsed by TLD and KBP): 329
Dr. Francine Florenz, DSU (endorsed by GPP): 257
Herr Karl-Heinrich Muller, DRF: 27
Blank: 17