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Voting options for the 1992 referendum on electoral systems

Choose voting method:

  • First-past-the-post

  • Supplementary member (SM) (one-vote method)

  • Single transferable vote (STV)

  • Mixed-member proportional (MMP) (two-vote method)

  • Preferential voting system (PV)

In the 1992 indicative referendum on electoral systems, people had two votes. The first vote indicated whether or not the voter wished to change the existing first-past-the-post electoral system. The second vote allowed them to indicate which of four proposed electoral systems they would prefer to be adopted if the system was changed.

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Nigel Roberts, Referendums – Consultative referendums after 1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/36956/voting-options-for-the-1992-referendum-on-electoral-systems (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nigel Roberts, i tāngia i te 12 June 2012, updated 1 December 2020.

Comments

Guy M ajor
11 October 2023
your numbers in the SV example 55% + 40% + 10 % add up to 105% of the vote! Which is confusing. But all the examples are very nice and clear, despite that!