The reasons the Kabouters did so well was Proportional Representation. This is a big reason why participating in elections involves so much effort for so little gain. Something else which is often ignored is that radical candidates in elections compromise all their supporters. It would be an act of gross stupidity for anarchists to participate in elections. You see, the ballot is not secret at all.
Elections provide the state with the perfect way of tracking dissidents.
Each paper is also numbered, as are the cheque stubs. After the election is over and the votes counted, the papers, electoral rolls and ballot stub books are sent off to the Home Office, supposedly for 'safe keeping'. Teams of men from MI5 will no doubt trawl through the whole lot, doubtless looking at all the interesting candidates first. Unless anything goes wrong, they've got five whole years to work out the rest. They'll have computer scanners and electoral databases to speed it up.