New Zealand voting system referendum, 2011
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Part A Should New Zealand keep the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting system? |
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| Yes | No | ||||
| Response | Keep the MMP voting system | Change to another voting system | |||
| Votes | 1,267,955 | 926,819 | |||
| Percentage | 57.77% | 42.23% | |||
| Swing |
 3.91 |
 3.91 |
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Part B If New Zealand were to change to another voting system, which voting system would you choose? |
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| Option 1 | Option 2 | ||||
| Response | First Past the Post (FPP) | Preferential Voting (PV) | |||
| Votes | 704,117 | 188,164 | |||
| Percentage | 46.66% | 12.47% | |||
| Option 3 | Option 4 | ||||
| Response | Single Transferable Vote (STV) | Supplementary Member (SM) | |||
| Votes | 252,503 | 364,373 | |||
| Percentage | 16.73% | 24.14% | |||
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| ^a Swing is from the 1993 referendum result | |||||
The New Zealand voting system referendum, 2011, was a referendum on whether to keep the existing mixed member proportional (MMP) voting system, or to change to another voting system, for electing Members of Parliament to New Zealand's House of Representatives. It was held on Saturday 26 November 2011, in conjunction with the 2011 general election,
The referendum was indicative (non-binding), and asked two questions. The first question asked voters if they wished to keep the existing MMP voting system, or change to a different voting system. The second question asked which alternative voting system the voter would prefer if New Zealand were to change voting system: first past the post, preferential voting, single transferable vote, or supplementary member.
The official results were returned on 10 December 2011, with voters voting by majority to keep the MMP voting system. First Past The Post received the plurality of the alternative system vote.
New Zealand's electoral system was reformed during the 1990s. A Royal Commission on the Electoral System was established in 1985 by the Fourth Labour Government, after the Labour Party had received more votes, yet won fewer seats than the National Party in both the 1978 and 1981 elections as a result of the existing first-past-the-post (FPP) system. It recommended the adoption of the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system.
On 19 September 1992, an indicative referendum was held on whether to keep the existing FPP system or change to a new system, and if the system was changed, which system should replace FPP. By an overwhelming majority, 84.7% voted to change the system, and 70.5% chose MMP as the replacement system.
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