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Understanding the New Zealand Election
By Bruce Clement
In November 2008 a new parliament will be elected under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system. In MMP, every voter has two votes, one for the electorate in which they live and a party vote for the party they wish to see as government. In the electorate votes, the person receiving the most votes wins that election. When the party votes are counted, every party that won at least one electorate, or which received more than 5% of the vote, is allocated additional seats to bring its proportion of the seats in parliament up to the percentage it received in the election. There are a large number of parties contesting the election, but realistically the two largest parties in parliament after the election will be the Labour and National parties. On past experience neither party is likely to have sufficient votes to govern on their own and will need assistance from one or more of the minor parties. The minor parties likely to be in parliament after the election are Greens, Progressive, New Zealand First, United Future, ACT or The Maori Party. If you are a citizen or permanent resident it is vitally important you register to vote now as it is the people who vote that determine the composition of the next parliament and the form of government we will have for the next three years.
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