hustings vs candidacy

hustings and candidacy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hustings	Yes	No	No	No
candidacy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, candidacy is a hypernym of hustings; that is, candidacy is a word with a broader meaning than hustings:

hustings: the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
candidacy: the campaign of a candidate to be elected

Other hypernyms of hustings include campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign.

hustings (noun)	candidacy (noun)
the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)	the campaign of a candidate to be elected