1685 Two Martyrs Lesser Frenzy elections

The 1685 Two Martyrs Lesser Frenzy elections were elections in the Two Martyrs in order to elect its Lesser Frenzy delegation (see also the 1685 Natopian Frenzy elections). Each province elected one representative. All in all, the Two Martyrs delegation to the Lesser Frenzy constituted 5 delegates.

Asara Eliana

In Asara Eliana, Tabira Yui, candidate for the Democratic Party of Kujirashi (DPK) narrowly beat its main opponent the Association of Whalers and Fishermen of Walstadt and Light (AWFWL).

Volksburg

In Volksburg, Herman Zeewinckel, candidate for the Association of Whalers and Fishermen of Walstadt and Light, beat the DPK candidate.

Monovia

In Monovia, the candidate representing the Nationalist & Humanist Party won by a considerable margin, with second place being the candidate of the Union Democratic Movement (UDM).

Jazâ'ir an-Noor

In Jazâ'ir an-Noor, Reon Wakashima, the UDM candidate, won by a landslide over the AWFWL and DPK candidates.

Shintakushima

In Shintakushima, Heinrich Strauß, the Free Juice and Bagels Party (FJBP) candidate, narrowly defeated candidates from the DPK and AWFWL.

Unofficial election results

Szandoh

In the Lordship of Szandoh, candidates and their retinues engaged in the game of cudgels against all comers. A fox was sacrificed to the shade of Tempus, the Lord of Hosts and God of Battles, after which the uncudgelled candidates were declared victorious and chaired by their followers. There then followed a parade around the settlements of the lordships wherein all revellers drunk a toast to the memory of the gutted fox. The chaired candidates were finally carried in torchlight procession to the Moot Hall where fresh barrels of beer were broached while delicacies of seal-offal fried in whale blubber were offered to all present. The artfully crafted treats were then greedily consumed by all present so that the true sons and daughters of the lordship might be known and all outlanders driven from the hall. There then followed a night of dancing and kin-giving. Thus concluded the electoral campaign in the lordship of Szandoh. The good tenant folk, released from the Moot Hall, then progressed into the voting tents and were summoned by their cohorts to vote.

A candidate from the N&H party was then duly elected, the tally of the ballots being endorsed by acclamation. A snow hare was then sacrificed to the Spirit of the Winter Dark and the Lord of Szandoh was wheeled out to bestow gifts upon the new Elector and those other candidates who had valiantly endured the game of cudgels unto the chairing during the previous day.

Truly the Festival of Democracy was a highlight of the year.