this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2023
10 points (100.0% liked)

NZ Politics

514 readers
7 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to the NZ Politics community!

This is a place for respectful discussions about everything that's political and kiwi

This is an inclusive space where diverse opinions are valued, but please don't be a dick

Other kiwi communities here

 

Banner image by Tom Ackroyd, CC-BY-SA

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
10
how does Act have so many list MPs? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I just skimmed through the leaflets and realized they got almost as many as lab/nat.

Who do they think they're fooling?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There are 48 list only seats. Most of the electorate MPs are on the list, but if the party has any extra party vote after the electorate MPs it goes to whoever's left on the list. Theoretically if a party won all the party vote they would need a list of 120(minus electorate only MPs). Presumably National and Labour both have this but it's not published because they will never need ir.