The LDP is running the 8th biggest ticket of House candidates in this election with 47 people representing the LDP from Perth to Darwin to Bryon Bay to Tasmania. The 10 biggest parties by candidate numbers are:
ALP — 150
Greens — 150
Liberals — 134
Family First — 129
Democrats — 86
CEC — 81
Christian Dems — 63
LDP — 47
Nationals — 24
One Nation — 23
November 6, 2007 at 4:32 pm |
What’s the story with the Liberal candidate numbers? Which seats have both National and Liberal candidates? Will there be a coalition candidate in every seat?
I’m also rather disappointed to see there’s not a Democrat candidate in every seat.
November 6, 2007 at 4:36 pm |
The Democrats aren’t running anybody for the House in Western Australia.
There will be a coalition candidate in every electorate. According to their coalition agreement, the Liberals and Nationals can run against each other whenever one of them currently doesn’t hold the seat or the sitting member is retiring. For example, there is a three-cornered contest in the new rural Qld seat of Flynn, and in Leichhardt (Nth Qld) where the sitting Liberal MP is retiring.
November 6, 2007 at 4:59 pm |
CEC — 81
We need the commitment of these guys…. 0.1% or less for almost every one of those candidates and yet every single election they come back out of the woodwork for another go with candidates all over the place.