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Electoral Commission releases full list of parties and candidates for 2011 election

The Electoral Commission has released the nominations for the 2011 General Election, with 13 registered political parties and 544 candidates contesting the election.

Registered Parties Seeking the Party Vote
 
The registered parties seeking the party vote are:
  • ACT New Zealand                                                
  • Alliance                                                       
  • Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party                               
  • Conservative Party                                              
  • Democrats for Social Credit                                    
  • Green Party                                                    
  • Labour Party                                                   
  • Libertarianz                                                    
  • Mana                                                           
  • Māori Party                                                   
  • National Party                                                 
  • New Zealand First Party                                        
  • United Future                                                   
There were 19 registered political parties and 682 candidates contesting the election in 2008.
 

Candidates

A total of 544 candidates (electorate and list) are standing in this year’s election. This compares with 682 candidates in the 2008 election.
 
91 candidates are on the party list only and 73 are standing as electorate candidates only. 30 electorate candidates are standing as independents or representing unregistered parties (only registered parties are eligible to contest the party vote).
 
The number of candidates standing both as an electorate candidate and on a party list is 380.
 
The electorate with the most candidates is Wellington Central with 12 and the electorate with the lowest number of candidates is Waiariki with 3.
 
397 men and 147 women are standing in the 2011 General Election. In 2008 there were 488 men and 194 women standing.
 
The elections website www.elections.org.nz has a full list of electorate candidates http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info and the party lists http://www.elections.org.nz/elections/party-lists.
 
Below is the number of list candidates and the number of electorate candidates representing those parties seeking the party vote.
 
 
 
 
Party

Number of Candidates

List Candidates

Electorate Candidates

ACT New Zealand                                                

56
55
50

Alliance                                                       

14
14
5

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party                               

28
28
17

Conservative Party                                              
52
30
52

Democrats for Social Credit                                    

24
24
14

Green Party                                                    

61
61
59

Labour Party                                                    
81
70*
70

Libertarianz                                                   

27
27
9

Mana                                                           

23
20
21

Māori Party                                                   

20
17
11

National Party                                                 

75
75*
63

New Zealand First Party                                        

33
33
32

United Future                                                  

20
17
20

Unregistered party and independent candidates
30
  
30
Total
544
471
453
 

* maximum number on the published list is 65