Nordenhausener Allgemeine Zeitung
Kretschmer defeated, Marwitz is the new President. DSDP once again largest party, DSVP collapses and NDZP arises
DUNBURG, ODERVELD - If in the last elections Dundorfians always more or less chose a status quo situation, these last election results were a little bit more unpredictable. First of all, the collapse of Hugo Thielemann's DSVP, the socially-conservative Socialists have lost around 18% of popular support, losing their position as the second largest party.
Another shock was the defeat in the first round of the incumbent President, Paul Kretchmer, who did not qualify for the second round that was instead fought between DSDP co-founder Tom Krupp, and NDZP treasurer Else Marwitz. Ms. Marwitz makes history as the second female ever elected Federal President since the restoration of the Republic. She defeated Mr. Krupp by a very slim margin, less than a million of votes, with over 60 millions of votes cast.
The DSDP remained the largest party, a position held by the Social Democrats for the last 25 years now, clearing the way for Chancellor Carola Gruber to remain at the helm of the executive. Party's secretary Olaf Ackerman celebrated the result and announced that he'll be the "natural successor" of Ms. Gruber should she retire as Chancellor, given that the current cabinet is experiencing turmoil as the ministers of the DSVP, which entered a phase of internal struggle after the electoral losses, seem to be unresponsive to their duties. Another party made big gains, and that is far-left PdW which has already pursued in Bundestag their platform to return to the previous constitutional provisions: three years of term lenght and a cerimonial role for the Federal President.
Mr. Olaf Ackerman, DSDP's leader since 5246