Sandro Kepler stepped down as Prime Minister after his wife was killed in a car crash in Kaskiv. After an internal Kruhlstutter Union leadership election, Kepler’s Minister of Finance, Markus Pilcz became Prime Minister, and precedent, immediately called elections.
The incumbent Kruhlstutter Union campaigned on a platform of total macroeconomic expansion, arguing that Kruhlstutt was perfectly positioned to serve as the exclusive global broker for Kresimiria’s rapidly privatizing heavy industries. Robby Scholl, the new leader of the Liberals, campaigned on social progressivism and economic liberalism, and Scholl’s campaign trail vastly overshadowed that of Pilcz’s, whose party was embroiled in internal infighting and leadership challenges.
The 2004 election resulted in the most dramatic political realignment in modern Kruhlstutt history. Capitalizing on the internal exhaustion of the incumbent Kruhlstutter Union (KU) and the booming tech economy of the capital, the pro-business Liberals achieved a historic breakthrough. Led by charismatic former tech executive Robby Scholl, the Liberals surpassed the KU in seats for the first time ever (121 to 64). Forced into the junior role of a center-right coalition, the KU backed Scholl for the premiership, inaugurating a five-year era of radical economic globalization and the rapid deregulation of cross-border trade.
The incumbent KU-Liberal government won re-election with a reduced majority. Scholl’s Liberals won more seats than the Union for the first time in history - the Kruhlstutter Union, under new leader Markus Pilcz, threw their support behind Scholl’s Liberal platform of economic globalisation and progressivism, making Robby Scholl Prime Minister. After the Liberal-Union coalition won a majority, Scholl spent his term negotiating the historic 2006 Import Tariff Revision Act alongside Kresimirian diplomat Luka Tot. This act drastically lowered border taxes, massively enriching Kruhlstutt’s tech sector.
| Party | Leader | Vote Share | Swing | Seats | Seat Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sovereign Workers' League (SWL) | Leonora Kist | 39.4% | -2.1% | 141 | -11 |
| The Liberals | Robby Scholl | 27.5% | +8.7% | 121 | +67 |
| Kruhlstutter Union (KU) | Markus Pilcz * | 23.7% | -8.5% | 64 | -55 |
| National Party | Matz Hacke | 5.4% | New | 12 | New |
| Riverine Front | Tomasz Iric | 4.0% | -3.5% | 12 | -13 |
Total Seats: 350 | Liberal-KU Majority: 20 (185 Seats) | PM Robby Scholl
Notable MPs
- Leonora Kist (Sovereign Workers’ League (SWL))
- Robby Scholl (The Liberals)
- Markus Pilcz (Kruhlstutter Union (KU))
- Matz Hacke (National Party)
- Tomasz Iric (Riverine Front)