- Keep Mixed Member Proportional - 57.77% (+3.91 from 1993 referendum)
- Change the System - 42.23% (-3.19 from 1993 referendum)
A fairly strong win for keeping the system they have been using since the 1990s, about as strong as the vote was in 2005 for BC to change to BC-STV.
I remain skeptical of MMP as a electoral system. I think the unintended consequences of it lead to bad a reflection of popular will and problems in government. I could go on, but I will not.
People were also asked if there were a change, what should they change to
- First Past the Post - 46.66%
- Supplementary Member - 24.14%
- STV - 16.73%
- AV - 12.47% - interesting this did so badly since it is what Australia uses and many Kiwis have spent a lot of time on the other side of the Tasman.
I am of mixed feelings about the outcome.
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The reason AV is unpopular is because it is not proportional. The greens got 14% of the vote in Australia and only got one seat.
The part B referendum had 33.14% informal papers possibly due in the main through MMP supporters abstaining
The results is better expressed as
FPTP 31.2% PV(AV) 8.3% STV 11.2% SM 16.1%
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