MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Electoral Commission
Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri
Electoral Commission Releases Party And Candidate Lists for 2014 Election
The Electoral Commission has released the nominations for the 2014 General Election, with 15 registered political
parties and 554 candidates contesting the election.
Registered Parties Seeking the Party Vote
The registered parties seeking the party vote are:
1. ACT New Zealand
2. Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
3. Ban1080
4. Conservative
5. Democrats for Social Credit
6. Focus New Zealand
7. Green Party
8. Internet MANA
9. Labour Party
10. Māori Party
11. National Party
12. New Zealand First Party
13. NZ Independent Coalition
14. The Civilian Party
15. United Future
13 registered political parties contested the general election in 2011.
Candidates
A total of 554 candidates (electorate and list) are standing in this year’s election. This compares with 544 candidates
in the 2011 election.
71 candidates are on the party list only and 114 are standing as electorate candidates only. 38 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 369.
The electorates with the most candidates are Epsom and Tauranga with 11 and the electorate with the lowest number of
candidates is Hauraki-Waikato with 3.
390 men and 164 women are standing in the 2014 General Election. In 2011 there were 397 men and 147 women standing.
The elections website www.elections.org.nz has full information by electorate including candidates, advance voting places and election day voting places atwww.elections.org.nz/events/2014-general-election/information-voters-who-when-and-where
The party lists are available at www.elections.org.nz/2014partylists
Attached is the number of list candidates and the number of electorate candidates representing those parties seeking the
party vote.
PartyNumber of CandidatesList CandidatesElectorate CandidatesACT New Zealand444139Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party131310Ban1080995Conservative642064Democrats for Social Credit353530Focus New Zealand882Green Party605957Internet MANA (figures include Electorate Candidates standing for MANA Movement or Internet Party)3532Internet Party – 15
MANA Movement - 18Labour Party856471Māori Party272424National Party757564New Zealand First Party323131NZ Independent Coalition10104The Civilian Party880United Future111111Unregistered party and independent candidates38N/A38Total554440483
* maximum number on the published list is 65
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