Some candidate stats
From the Electoral Commission.
- 15 parties seeking the party vote (+2 from 2011)
- 554 candidates (+10)
- 369 dual candidates
- 71 list only candidates
- 114 electorate only candidates
- 38 electorate candidates not with a registered party
- Epsom and Tauranga have most candidates at 11 each
- Hauraki-Waikato have least candidates at three
- 390 men (-7) standing and 164 (+17) women.
Candidates per party are:
- Labour 85
- National 75
- Conservatives 64
- Green 60
- ACT 44
- Social Credit 35
- Internet Mana 35
- NZ First 32
- Maori 27
- ALCP 13
- United Future 11
- NZ Ind Coalition 10
- Ban1080 9
- Focus NZ 8
- Civilian Party 8