He's gone through two elections without winning a seat but Colin Craig claims it's still early days for the Conservatives.

The party polled just over 4-percent of the party vote last night - but it was nowhere near winning an electorate seat, and won't make it to parliament.

Mr Craig told supporters he's in it for the long haul.

He says it's early days, and he's committed to stay with the party and win a seat in 2017.

Colin Craig says he'll need to get to work now, to save up for the next campaign.