During this period, four years later, in September and 10, the national prefectural council elections were held. This election was held in the past four suffocating years of party politics. It is the touchstone of whether party politics can come back to life, and it is also the outpost of the upcoming general election, which is quite eye-catching. The election was held against the background that the Ministry of the Interior wanted to use the dying opportunity of party politics to launch a campaign to eliminate the election. At that time, party member lacked the economy, ambition and policies necessary for party politics, and fell into the sexual intercourse of abusing power for personal gain. Voters despise political parties and think they are a rabble. From this point of view, it is necessary to hold elections at a higher level to eliminate the situation that the policies of all parties are similar, echo each other and implement ignorant policies. As a result, political friends and people's parties won an overwhelming majority of seats (more than 85%) in the election, the proletarian camp exceeded expectations, the seats increased by three times, and the political parties regained their vitality and confidence. What dealt a blow to the military sector was that the Social People's Party, which supported the military sector in the "Army Manual Incident", resolutely criticized the increase in military spending and demanded that the state's burden be reduced, and won a great victory. The results of prefectural assembly elections have impacted the financial requirements of the military department to reflect the "generalized national defense theory" in the budget of the eleventh year of Showa (1936), and the military department's anxiety and uneasiness have further deepened.
1936165438+1October 2 1, the sixty-eighth regular session was dissolved less than one month before its expiration, and a general election was held on February 20th. This election is characterized by the intervention of the military and the Ministry of the Interior. In the name of rectifying the election campaign, they intervened in the election in an all-round way. Around the election, parliamentary politics and interference from the military and bureaucrats formed a strange combination. The intervention is very explicit. For example, on June 25, 65438, the deputy army officers issued a notice to the chiefs of staff of all divisions, demanding that "elections be used to eliminate the policy tendency against the military department", indicating that: first, mobilizing soldiers in rural areas will "elect outstanding members who can be trusted in extraordinary times"; Second, "monitor the speech activities of parliamentary candidates, and take necessary measures in time if they affect national defense thinking." The Ministry of the Interior severely exposes and punishes those who violate election regulations. The police chief and the prosecutor inspected the police stations under their respective jurisdiction, and the police officers in charge who reported fewer violations were accused of dereliction of duty and should be severely criticized. Extorting confessions by torture and violence have become common means and an official terrorism. As a result, the number of people who participated in the election decreased and the number of people who abstained increased. Despite this, the election results announced on the 24th showed that both major political parties were supported, but the Political Friendship Association and the People's Party reversed their seats. As the ruling party, the People's Party won 205 seats and became the largest party. The number of political friends decreased sharply from 30 1 before the election to 17 1. Even Saburo Suzuki, the leader of the Political Friendship Association, was defeated. On the eve of the "February 26th Incident", the Prime Minister's residence held a small banquet to celebrate the victory of the ruling People's Party. This small banquet became a dream sandwiched between official constitutional terror and military terror. And Gao Qiao is Machida Tadashi and Uchida Shinzai, who treated the election at the Manchu banquet, laughing and laughing.