New Zealand’s MMP Journey: Lessons from Germany’s Electoral Long Game
NZ’s Political Centre Stays Strong as Germany’s Splinters
New Zealand’s move to Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation in 1996 unlocked the old two-party grip of Labour and National and ushered in the multi-party era. Achieving greater representation in Parliament was, after all, one of the drivers for reforming the electoral system at that time.
Nearly three decades later, the vote shares of the two m…
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