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A candidate is a person or thing seeking or being considered for some kind of position:

Candidate may also refer to:

• Candidate solution, in mathematics
• Candidates Tournament, a qualification event for the World Chess Championship
• Candidate (degree)

Film

• The Candidate (1959 film), an Argentine drama film
• The Candidate (1964 film) by Robert Angus, aka Party Girls for the Candidate, aka The Playmates and the Candidate
• The Candidate (1972 film) by Michael Ritchie, with Robert Redford
• The Candidate (1980 film) by Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander von Eschwege, German title: Der Kandidat
• The Candidate (1998 film), Taiwanese film by Neil Peng
• The Candidate (2008 film) by Kasper Barfoed, Danish title: Kandidaten
• Candidate (2013 film) by Jonáš Karásek, Slovak title: Kandidát
• The Realm (2018 film) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, also known as The Candidate, Spanish title: El reino

Television

• "The Candidate" (Arrow), an episode of Arrow
• The Candidate (TV series), an Afghan TV series supported by the CEPPS agreement
• "The Candidate" (Lost), an episode of the sixth and final season of the television drama Lost
• "The Candidate" (Frasier), an episode of Frasier
• La candidata, a Mexican telenovela
• El Candidato (2020), known as The Candidate in English, a Mexican TV series.

Music

• Candidate (band), a British rock group
• The Candidate (album), a 1979 album by Steve Harley
• "Candidate" (David Bowie song)
• "Candidate" (Joy Division song)

See also

• Candidate of Sciences, a post-graduate scientific degree in many former Eastern Bloc countries