Proportional Representation on Trial: New Zealand's Second MMP Election and After

Tracing the transition of a democracy as it moves in between electoral systems, this book details the current and past public opinion surrounding New Zealand’s 1999 election. As a result of the second election under the Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system, New Zealand elected a change in government, a minority center-left coalition of the Labor and Alliance parties. As an independent survey that objectively studies the country’s political environment, this book adds to the local debate regarding the MMP electoral system, which will continue as New Zealand looks ahead to the upcoming 2002 election.

Jack Vowles and Ann Sullivan teach political science at the University of Waikato. They both live in Hamilton, New Zealand. Raymond Miller is a professor and Peter Aimer is an honorary research fellow at the University of Auckland. They both live in Auckland, New Zealand. Jeffrey Karp and Susan Banducci teach at the University of Amsterdam. They both live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.