None of those other opposition candidates/politicians mentioned deliberately and consistently criticised and put down other opposition candidates/politicians.
Especially not elected opposition MPs, because they all knew that the MPs were in parliament to help the people and keep the government in check.
It wouldn't be so bad if there were 0 or 40 elected opposition MPs. The former simply means every party needs to re-examine themselves, the latter means that they are powerful enough to be scrutinized carefully.
5 elected opposition MPs could easily become 0 in the next GE. And there is someone trying to make that happen. Is this what we want for our country?