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