The Constituency ticket sale

Elections in my country has taken a new shape altogether. There was a time when candidates were selected on their merits and on the basis of the work they had done in their respective constituencies. This was where the worthless candidates got filtered out and only the worthy candidates remained in the fray.
Those days are now gone. These days the number of candidates aspiring for an election ticket has increased manifold and constituencies have shrunk. So here came the question of abundance. Every political party had to now decide whom to give the ticket to. It is true that when there is abundance, you tend to take unwise decisions. Our political parties have also gone that way.
The method that they have adopted to allot tickets is unique and I am sure no democracy in the world would resort to such a method. These political parties have now started selling tickets. The criteria is still unknown, but from the screams and cries of the candidates who have been left out from the fray, it seems as if these parties are allotting tickets to candidates who bring in the most cash. Isn't that funny?
What is more funnier is the fact that there are certain candidates who are ready to be, borrow or, steal to get the requisite amount arranged. After all the amount of money they can earn after they get a seat is multiple times of what they would be spending now. Isn't is so? The candidate from the constituency that I belong to was too innocent to even accept this. But alas, he couldn't manage a ticket. Probably there was somebody else who was able to manage a bit more of cash than him. Who says there is a recession in the economy and that there is no liquidity in the market? There is enough liquidity, but none has been able to figure out, where.