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Disproportional representation: what National wins and loses from the overhang

The Conversation ·

Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Did New Zealand just witness a first-past-the-post election under MMP? There was a time when elections were determined by results in a handful of marginal electorates. Since the introduction of MMP in 1996, however, overall voter support for individual parties has been the…

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