New Zealand uses a voting system called MMP, Mixed Member Proportional. The big idea is simple: a party’s share of seats in Parliament should match its share of the votes.
Try it yourself
Seat allocator
Largest party: National with 47 seats
National
38.0% · 47 seats
Labour
27.0% · 34 seats
Green
12.0% · 15 seats
ACT
9.0% · 11 seats
NZ First
6.0% · 7 seats
Te Pāti Māori
3.0% · 0 seats
Below the 5% threshold, no list seats
Other parties
5.0% · 6 seats
Build a government
62 = majority
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Test what you learned
Quick checkQuestion 1 of 4
Which of your two votes decides how many seats a party gets?
