You may withdraw your whole party list, or one or more of the candidates on the party list, by signing and submitting a withdrawal notice.1
The notice must be witnessed by one other person who must also sign the notice.
There are no restrictions on who may submit the notice, but it must be delivered by hand or by post. However, we recommend that you, the party’s agent or someone you trust hand delivers it, so you can be sure the notice is delivered to the Regional Returning Officer (RRO) in time.
A candidate on the party list may also withdraw from the election. They can do this by submitting a withdrawal notice to the RRO. The notice must be witnessed by one other person who must also sign the notice.
A notice of withdrawal can be obtained from the RRO or downloaded from our website:
If you withdraw the full party list, your deposit will be returned.
Any withdrawal notice must be submitted to the RRO at the place for the delivery of nomination papers by the deadline for withdrawals, 4pm, 23 working days before the poll.
After the withdrawal deadline it is not possible to withdraw from the election and your party will appear on the ballot paper.