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Reynold Macpherson
Rotorua Daily Post·
11 Nov, 2026 03:00 PM4 mins to read
Under MMP, the party vote largely determines how many seats each qualifying party receives, writes Reynold Macpherson. Photo / NZME
New Zealanders should be able to expect that a political party’s share of parliamentary seats will broadly reflect its share of the party vote.
That is the central promise of mixed-member proportional representation, or MMP.
When the rules allow co-ordinated voting tactics to weaken that relationship, criticism is justified.
However,
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