1993 New Zealand electoral reform referendum

none April 2024 1993 New Zealand electoral reform referendum 1993 11 6 y 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" 1,032,919 884,964 1,917,883 2,251,403 1993 New Zealand electoral referendum.svg 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.2006 Decision Maker – MMP's First Decade http://www.decisionmaker.co.nz/guide2006/tbp_MMPfirstdecade_05.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20081016053534/http://decisionmaker.co.nz/guide2006/tbp_MMPfirstdecade_05.html 16 October 2008 5 February 2009Roberts Nigel S. Electoral systems – The 1990s electoral-reform referendums https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/35700/results-of-the-1993-referendum-on-the-electoral-system Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 25 September 2023 1 February 2015 This was follow-up to a referendum to test public sentiment that had been held in 1992. The 1992 referendum represented the first tangible governmental step towards electoral reform. The results of the 1993 referendum overwhelmingly supported change and selected MMP as the preferred electoral system to replace FPP. The "Yes" side prevailed with 53.86% of the vote. The 1996 general election was the first to use the new mixed-member proportional system. The use of MMP was re-confirmed in a 2011 referendum. Support and opposition Support The Electoral Reform Commission (ERC), who had supported proportional representation (PR) for years, favoured the passage of the referendum.Nagel Jack September 1994 What Political Scientists Can Learn from the 1993 Electoral Reform in New Zealand PS: Political Science and Politics 10.2307/420221 Opposition The Campaign for Better Government opposed the initiative and outspent the ERC eight-to-one. Governor-general Dame Catherine Tizard opposed the initiative and threatened to dissolve parliament if MMP was put forward.By 2021-12-19 Socialists and Trade Unionists Led the Fight for Electoral Reform in New Zealand https://jacobin.com/2021/12/new-zealand-voting-first-past-post-mixed-member-proportional-representation 2026-06-02 jacobin.com en-US August 2026 References Category:Referendums in New Zealand Category:1993 referendums Category:Elections in New Zealand