Sanpantul general election, 2025
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Local elections in Sanpantul took place throughout the country's 25 prefectures on 17.I 1740. Votes were cast for 48 Kyuden, 253 Asenburi and 3,459 Prefectural deputies.
The 1737 Recession swept the world and dealt a heavy blow to the Sanpanese economy. The industrial sector suffered great losses and the agricultural sector became completely dependent on foreign sources due to the drought that dried up the Hinachi Plain, the country's important agricultural land. From 1737 onwards, the pro-independence voters began to dominate the polls and this led to a change in the Liberals' policy. The Xiangis and the Sanpanese opposition grew increasingly distant, but Xiangi continued to reach out to voters and call for peace. The Victory Banner and Smart Parties split, leading to the formation of the Sanpantul Innovation Party.
The Democrats came in first place in the elections and the Liberals lost the prime ministerial seat. The Smart Party, despite expectations of an increase in votes, fell to the bottom and came in first in only one prefecture. Most of the old alliance parties except the Democrats lost votes and the Democrats managed to consolidate the votes on their own. The Innovation Party made an impressive start in their first election despite not winning any seats. The vast majority of the Xiangis votes went to the Liberals. Although the Victory Banner votes increased, these votes were mostly a reaction vote to the Liberals, so the alliance did not lose any votes. A significant part of the Victory Banner and its organization resigned and two deputies switched to the Sanpantul Innovation Party. After this incident, Innovation Party chairman Seto Shirai was detained for spreading hate speech. Later, Kipei's mayor was detained for tax evasion, diploma forgery, and aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.
The protests that began after the election lasted for about a year, and after the opposition's boycott further paralyzed the economy, the Liberals only officially gave up their seat in 1742. This two-year period went down in history as a second black mark on democracy after the 2023 Election Scandal.
