Electorates contested
The Chief Electoral officer has released figures on parties and candidates. I find it interesting to look at how many seats a party is contesting as that gives some idea of their strength:
- Labour – 70
- National – 63 – all bar the Maori seats
- Green – 60
- ACT – 59
- United Future – 51
- Kiwi – 36
- Progressive – 26
- NZ First – 22
I think it says something that NZ First can’t find more candidates than than the Cult of Jim and the Kiwi Party.