January 2025 Senate Elections

Candidates in the Election

District	Political Party		Candidate
1		PPF	S'yera Volchok
1		DMP	Volha Pollok*
1		FMA	Anton Melekhov
2		PPF	Velik iz Dunska
2		NCP	Andrej Sobczyk*
2		DMP	Zoya Isamov
3		PPF	Dan Tilabyss*
3		NCP	Abbi Dukakis
4		DMP	Jonathon Godfrey
4		PPF	Jesse Rosting*
5		NCP	Vicc Desantis*
5		PPF	Peter the Great
6		UP	Sabimi Joiker*
6		DMP	Shu
7		PPF	Marie Dumont*
8		IND	Sengi Visaru
8		PPF	Delphin Feucoeur
8		IND	Pacc DeSantis
8		FMA	D. E. Remuva
PL		NCP	Asher Desantis*
PL		PPF	Arno Fleischer
PL		UP	Nikolai Yazov

The January 2025 Senate Elections, also known as the 1928 Farun General Election was held in two rounds, the first one was from December 28 to December 30, 2024, and the second one was be from January 3 to January 5, 2025 to elect all of the nine Farun Senators. They were being held following the passage of the "End the Stagger" constitutional amendment, which got rid of the stagger and implemented a general election system.

Normally Farun legislative elections do not have multiple rounds, however due to the failure of the Senate to pass legislation to create a tiebreaker system, tied elections, which have become increasingly common, go into a runoff.

The election was a setback for the Progressive Party of Faru, which lost its majority and it's leader's seat in the wake of a right wing rebound in the southern and eastern regions. It is unclear if the Progressives will reach a majority in the chamber, or if the senate will be hung, as a runoff is occurring in the northernmost district between a progressive and independent candidate.

Background

The "End the Stagger" constitutional amendment was passed during the last election's constitutional referendum, leading to a general election being held. In the previous election, the Progressives won a sweeping victory, nearly kicking the conservatives out of the chamber and reaching a majority of the seats from a partial election.

The Progressives however did not have much time to achieve important policy goals, as campaigning for the general election started in mid-December, only a few weeks after the previous election. Furthermore, in the time since the last election, the right wing recovered from the liberal-conservative collapse, with the new conservatives and the mandaters running candidates in more districts.

Campaigning for senate seats was minimal, with few debates and rallies occurring for them.

Results

Senate Election Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Party of Faru	20	39.22	−0.06	3	−2
	New Conservative Party	11	21.57	−12.35	3	+2
	Democratic Mandate Party	10	19.61	New	1	New
	Union Party	7	13.73	−0.55	1	+1
	Independents	3	5.88	-	0	-
Runoffs					1	–
Total		51	100.00	–	9	+2

Protest

During and shortly after the voting period, the Auxiliary Defensive Army staged a peaceful protest through blocking all voting stations with blocks of wheat accompanied by a manifesto protesting the election process.