There are a couple of familiar faces - Bega's current MP Andrew Constance has held the seat since 2003 and Labor's Leanne Atkinson is no newcomer to the race.

They have been joined by fresh candidates from The Greens, Australian Conservatives, Animal Justice Party and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers.

There was no appearance of the Christian Democratic Party’s Ursula Bennett this year, who has run in the past two elections.

The controversial No Land Tax Party were also a no show - possibly not surprising after a scandalous campaign last election included running a candidate so absent from the campaign they may as well have not even existed as well as using fake images of its supporters taken from Shutterstock.

And that was before it was hauled before the Fair Work Ombudsman for not paying election day workers. 

This year, Mr Constance has been given a boost as he won the top spot on the election ballot - a coveted position taken out last year by No Land Tax - which is the place traditionally favoured by donkey voters. 

If you look at the results over the last two elections, on first glance it would seem Mr Constance has a comfortable lead over second place, Ms Atkinson.

In 2011, she had 22 per cent of first preferences, or 9749 votes, where the Liberal member took 59 per cent of first preferences and 26,122 votes. 

But in 2015, Ms Atkinson increased her support to almost 33 per cent of first preferences and 15,652 votes while Mr Constance slipped to 53 per cent and 25,379 votes. 

So if Labor continues to gather more support Mr Constance may have more of a fight on his hands this year. 

And while party preferences will be involved, some of the first preferences that usually go to the Liberals could be sucked up by the two extra conservative parties running this time - Australian Conservatives and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers. 

The rise of these two conservative parties is interesting to note at this time when populism is sweeping the nation's political sphere, and could suggest some dissatisfaction on behalf of conservative voters towards their traditional go-to party.

Bega is a marginal seat so the outcome is anyone's guess.