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Out of the six candidates listed only two won the seats they were fighting for at a cost of £151,350,00.

Ouch that must hurt!

Of course, another thing missing from your analyses is the cost of the free advertising provided to the three 'main' parties by yourself, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and the media in general.

If the cost (if the time had been provided as paid for advertising) of air time allotted to each party were calculated and added in then I think this would make a massive difference to your figures.

This coverage has a massive effect on the way people vote so if you calculate the cost per vote then surely you are being very disingenuos.

And of course, this doe snot include the parties' national spend. In the case of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives this was massive across Cornwall, with letters from Nick Clegg and David Cameron arriving almost daily through many doors.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ guidelines suggest allowing a massive amount more air time for the three 'main' parties in news stories. For political parties this is tantamount to free advertising. When you try and calculate the cost per vote a figure for this should be included. Of course radio is a much lesser form of 'news' or 'free political advertising' and the cost of the free advertising on TV should be included as well.