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Matthias Werner Elected Federal President of Dundorf

May 5715 (backdated)

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Mr. Werner campaigning in Chontalen last week.

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Dunburg - It appears, when almost all votes are counted, that former Chancellor Matthias Werner will pull off a victory at the first round of voting in this year's Presidential election. Mr. Werner wins with a little over 50% of the votes, 50,2%, beating two other candidates: former Foreign Minister Gunther Krancke (TLD) and former Finance Minister Dr. Theodore Engel (PPD).

Mr. Werner had an advantage in the polls throughout the campaign, so this result was expected, although some had hoped for a more decisive win rather than the slim victory he obtained by 0.2 percentage points. Nonetheless, he gained an absolute majority of valid votes and will therefore be the next resident of Karlottenberg Schloss. Dr. Engel, called Werner immediately after the polls closed and became clear he was locked out of the top two no matter what. Mr. Krancke called the former Chancellor a few minutes ago, when the media reported that the DSDP had now mathematically won the election on the first round.

This represents the second time in a row a Dundorfian President has been elected without the need of a second round, also thanks to the low fragmentation of this race: just three candidates made it to the ballot, and Mr. Werner had the backing of the entire red bloc. The new center-left cabinet of Renate Reinhardt comes out as reinforced following this victory, as the parties who make up her cabinet won more than 50% of the votes. She is expected to meet with the outgoing President, Hans Meyer, and the incoming President for an institutional dinner, just before Matthias Werner's formal installation.

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5715 Presidential Election:

Turnout: 89.647.319 (80.1%, +1.4%)

Hon. Matthias Werner (DSDP + GPP, DRF): 45.038.528 (50.2%) | elected President
Hon. Gunther Krancke (TLD + NDZP, KBP): 33.528.382 (37.4%)
Hon. Dr. Theodore Engel (PPD): 11.080.409 (12.4%)