2:29 Nov 9, 2008

The New Zealand House of Representatives, if there was no threshold: ¶ New Zealand National Party - 55 seatsNew Zealand Labour…

18:00 Oct 7, 2017

As I now do each election (2014, 2011, 2008), below, the results of the 2017 general election if there was…

0:30 Apr 1, 2012

I think quite a bit about electoral law and electoral systems, and our MMP system in particular. So I'm somewhat…

2:15 Sep 21, 2014

As I have done on election night of the last two elections, I present below the New Zealand House of…

14:01 Nov 6, 2020

The final count of the 2020 general election has been released, with five parties making it into Parliament. ¶ If New…

I have this notion that counties with PR and no threshold (like Israel) have significantly less stable governments than ones…

On second thoughts, a ‘four seat threshold’ equates to a little under a 3% party vote threshold. Would this adequately…

It was great to see Corin Dann suggesting that the 5% threshold should be lowered.

In 2012 that was one…

Given that the voting percentages are variable to seats proportioned, I would have thought the EC would have proposed a…

Thanks for clarifying. Oh well. Looks like the one seat threshold will stay, and the party vote threshold will stay…

To take your last point first, Steve, the Electoral Commission has proposed the abolition of the one seat threshold, correctly…

But the threshold definitely increases the chances that a big party can govern on its own or with only one…

I must say I was a little uncertain also that was what you meant by the end of your article.…

What is interesting is that the Electoral Commission cites Germany as a model to emulate. However, Germany has a three…

A vote for the Maori party a wasted vote. In what way?
Regarding the notion of retaining the one seat…

But it still reduces proportionality. It would have been better to have the threshold for extra seats set lower, e.g.…

I should have said the Royal Commission (RC) held up Germany as a model to emulate - and the Electoral…

Thanks for this Graeme. So we are looking at roughly 0.4,1.2, 2.0, 2.8, 3.7 and 4.6 for 1, 2, 3,…

Well, I don't think that's quite concurring.

I favour abolishing the constituency seat exception.
I favour lowering the threshold (or…

Not all are opposed to more parties in Parliament Ben, if by that you mean a lower threshold than 4%…