Party Lists

The Electoral Commission has them here.

Party Names and List Sizes are:

  • ACT 55
  • Alliance 14
  • ALCP 28
  • Conservative 30
  • Democrats 24
  • 61
  • Labour 65
  • Libertarianz 27
  • 20
  • Maori 17
  • National 65 (in is 74 or 75 I think, but only top 65 get listed)
  • NZ First (33)
  • United Future 17

The Herald notes:

Thirteen political parties and 544 individual will contest the November 26 election. …

While there were 19 parties in 2008, only thirteen have registered this year. …

The nominations also showed a drop in the number of individual candidates, with 544 this year compared with 682 in 2008.

There are 91 list-only candidates, 73 electorate-only, and 380 standing for both. Thirty candidates are standing as independents or representing unregistered parties.

The most sought after seat is , currently held by Labour's Grant Robertson, which 12 candidates, including Mr Robertson, will compete for.

The number of men competing for a place in Parliament is more than double the number of women, with 397 compared with 147 women registered.

 

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