In this election, most candidates won't even announce they are running.

Within two weeks, three candidates announced bids for the office in 2013.

Only two candidates have announced their running for the presidency:

The defeated candidate then announced his retirement from politics, opening the way to a new generation of democratic leadership.

No candidates have yet announced a run for election.

Subsequently, four candidates announced that they would seek to take over from Lucas.

More than 5,800 candidates from 49 parties have announced that they will enter the race for the new 430-seat parliament.

Its top candidate Snijders, a former general, had already announced that he would not take his seat in parliament.

Within weeks, the Republicans strongest candidates announced that they would not enter the race.

Several other candidates publicly announced their intention to run for the office.