Story: Electoral systems
Page 9. All images & media
From page 1 - Turning votes into seats
From page 2 - First-past-the-post and two-round elections
From page 3 - Back to first-past-the-post
From page 4 - The call for electoral reform
From page 5 - The 1990s electoral-reform referendums
From page 6 - MMP in practice
From page 7 - Local-authority electoral systems
How to cite this page
Nigel S. Roberts, Electoral systems, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/215389/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Nigel S. Roberts, published 14 June 2012, updated 1 February 2015.