<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once, instead of being segregated by political party . It is also known as a jungle primary, qualifying primary, or top - two primary . The so - called Louisiana primary is different because it is a general election with a possible runoff if no candidate wins a simple majority in the first round . </P> <P> Under the top - two system, the candidates receiving the most and second-most votes in the primary election become the contestants in the general election, as in a runoff election, in a two - round system . However, there is no separate party nomination process for candidates before the first round, and political parties are not allowed to whittle down the field using their own internal processes (such as party primaries or conventions). It is entirely possible that two candidates of the same political party could advance to the general election . </P>

What type of primary does not label the party of the candidates