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How does MMP work?
The following diagram shows the ballot paper when you go to the polling booth. It is made up of two sections, Your Party Vote and Your Electorate vote.
At least once every three years, New Zealand holds a General Election to choose its Parliament. The New Zealand Parliament is elected using the Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) electoral system.
Under MMP, you have two votes:
- Your Party Vote is for the party you most want to be represented in Parliament.
Party votes decide each party's share of all the seats in Parliament. The more seats a party has in Parliament, the more influence it is likely to have in deciding what laws are passed and how the country is run.
The number of Party Votes won by each registered party which has submitted a Party List is used to decide how many seats each party will have in Parliament.
- Your Electorate Vote is for the MP you want to represent your electorate.
Electorate Vote:
the vote each voter has under MMP for the person to be the electorate MP for the General electorate or the Maori electorate for which the voter is enrolled.
The country is divided into voting areas called Electorates, each represented by a Member of Parliament (MP). The candidate in your electorate who gets the most votes will become your electorate MP.
