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Ransenari general election, 1698
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The Ransenari general election, 1698 was held over two days, between 13.XV.1698 AN and 14.XV.1698 AN, with 53,145,987 registered voters entitled to vote to elect the members of the Ransenari Congress. The election took place in 411 constituencies across Ransenar. The election saw the lowest voter turnout by percentage since the independence of Ransenar, with 48.7% of voters participating in the election.
The election year was tumultuous. The election was marked by the assassination of Wilson Hart, the popular leader of the Ransenari Liberation Party, in 6.XIII.1698 AN and the subsequent riots and unrest across the nation. Widespread unrest caused by the Scouring and its effects on Ransenar further made the election period extremely difficult and rife with conflict. Following the death of Wilson Hart, Lewis Rearden won the leadership, promising to continue Hart's promises: to withdraw Ransenar from the Raspur Pact, get rid of the monarchy, establish a Ransenari Republic, and detach Ransenar from the greater National Humanism and Aldricist political spheres, respectively, allow it to chart a "new, independent path in the world". The Agrarian Party of Ransenar and the Buffalo Party of Ransenar ran more energized campaigns than usual, capitalizing on the
