Candidate (disambiguation)

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

Candidate may also refer to:

• Candidates (band), a British indie-pop two piece
• Candidate (band), a British rock group
• Candidates Tournament, a qualification event for the World Chess Championship
• "Candidate" (song), a song by British post-punk group Joy Division
• "Candidate" (David Bowie song)

The Candidate could also refer to:

• 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 (1997 film) by Skafti Gudmundsson and Ólafur Rögnvaldsson
• The Candidate (2008 film) by Kasper Barfoed, Danish title: Kandidaten
• "The Candidate" (Frasier), an episode of Frasier

See also

• "Candidate" is the literal translation of various academic degrees, varying from Bachelor's to Doctor's. For example, in Sweden and Finland, "Candidate of Philosophy" is a Bachelor's level degree, and in the the Russian (or Soviet) system, Kandidat is a doctorate-level degree.