1993 New Zealand electoral reform referendum explained

1993 New Zealand electoral reform referendum
Country:New Zealand
Chose one proposal
"I vote for the present First Past the Post system as provided by the Electoral Act 1956"
"I vote for the proposed Mixed Member Proportional system as provided by the Electoral Act 1993"
Yes:1,032,919
No:884,964
Total:1,917,883
Electorate:2,251,403
Mapdivision:electorate

An electoral reform referendum on whether to replace the first-past-the-post voting system with mixed-member proportional representation was held in New Zealand on Saturday, 6 November 1993, in conjunction with that year's general election.[1] [2] The "Yes" side prevailed with 53.86% of the vote.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 . Decision Maker – MMP's First Decade . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081016053534/http://decisionmaker.co.nz/guide2006/tbp_MMPfirstdecade_05.html . 16 October 2008 . 5 February 2009.
  2. Web site: Roberts . Nigel S. . Electoral systems – The 1990s electoral-reform referendums . . 25 September 2023 . 1 February 2015.