The curtain has now closed on the 2002 electoral nominations. There are those who have fairly won or lost and others who have clearly been rigged out. Many accuse major political party players of lack of democracy, manifested through the flouting of democratic rules and fair play. Women candidates, as expected, given their marginality in the top decision-making party hierarchy combined with the traditional socio-economic hurdles and highly patriarchal political theatres of electoral engagement, fared more poorly than their male counterparts, with only about 30 survivors.