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.