Mixed-Member Proportional

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electoral system voting system

Mixed-Member Proportional is an electoral system that combines single-member district representation with party-list proportional representation to align a legislature’s overall seat distribution closely with parties’ shares of the popular vote.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Additional Member System 1
Mixed-Member Proportional canonical 1
New Zealand MMP system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral system ⓘ
voting system ⓘ
allocates compensatory list seats ⓘ
constituency seats ⓘ
allows local geographic representation ⓘ
proportional party representation ⓘ
combines party-list proportional representation ⓘ
single-member district representation ⓘ
corrects disproportionality from single-member districts ⓘ
differsFrom first-past-the-post ⓘ
parallel voting ⓘ
pure party-list proportional representation ⓘ
encourages multi-party systems ⓘ
ensures overall proportionality at national or regional level ⓘ
hasAbbreviation MMP ⓘ
hasComponent district tier ⓘ
list tier ⓘ
hasGoal align legislature seat distribution with party vote shares ⓘ
overall proportionality between votes and seats ⓘ
isBasedOn party vote totals ⓘ
isDiscussedIn comparative politics literature ⓘ
electoral system design debates ⓘ
isImplementedIn Bolivia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Hungary (in modified forms, historically and currently)

Lesotho ⓘ
Mexico (for some chambers and periods) ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
South Korea (partially, in recent reforms) ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
surface form: Venezuela (historically)

Wales ⓘ
isUsedFor parliamentary elections ⓘ
regional assembly elections ⓘ
mayInclude electoral threshold ⓘ
leveling seats ⓘ
overhang seats ⓘ
oftenUses d’Hondt method ⓘ
surface form: D’Hondt method

Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
two votes per voter ⓘ
seatAllocationMethod compensatory ⓘ
tendsTo improve representation of small and medium parties ⓘ
reduce wasted votes ⓘ
uses party lists ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
voteType candidate vote ⓘ
party vote ⓘ
wasAdoptedIn Germany after World War II ⓘ
New Zealand in the 1990s ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Zealand Labour Party → electoralSystemContext → Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
Sainte-Laguë method → isUsedUnder → Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand MMP system
Māori electorates → partOfElectoralSystem → Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system
Official Opposition (New Zealand) → operatesWithin → Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand’s mixed‑member proportional (MMP) electoral system
Scottish Parliament elections → votingSystem → Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
this entity surface form: Additional Member System