@soletan

I've had a lot of feedback from people about this today, that's why I added the voting tip in the reply:

https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114053435332462030

Apparently the candidate vote can be for a very small party as long as the candidate is doing well in that district.

The party vote does need to be for a party likely to get over 5% to have a likely effect.