I just skimmed through the leaflets and realized they got almost as many as lab/nat.
Who do they think they’re fooling?
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It doesn’t hurt and it essentially becomes an honour roll for party members I suppose. Tow the party line and make the list, I guess.
I think there may also be campaign fund and council hoarding site allowances for electrical candidates, so you want to run electorate candidates wherever practical even if they don’t stand a chance.
If you’re going to stand ~50 electorate MPs, you might as well stick their names on the list.
Elections states that the “maximum number on the published list is 65”. I’m not sure why (printing size? Practicality?) I assume that if that rule wasn’t present the two major parties would be in at least the 80s.
electrical candidates
I know it was only a typo, but this phrase opened up a whole sci fi dystopian vista in my mind.
There are 48 list seats, plus at most a few more overhang seats, and people can decline seats, so I’m guessing it’s to prevent parties from putting everyone and their mum on the list since it’s of very little practical use after some point.
I’m guessing you mean “list candidates”. The reason is because every candidate is campaigning for their party. Most candidates stand on both the list and in an electorate, so each candidate has an electorate where they will organise volunteers for door knocking, etc. Even if they have 0 chance of winning the electorate or getting in on the list, they will help to get the party vote up in their electorate.
