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Click on the following links to find out how the New Zealand government is
elected.
Today instead of writing answers to questions, your job is to write the
questions for these answers.
The first answer and question is done for you, to show you how it works. Use
your answers and questions to create Flashcards (term on the front of the
card, definition on the back) on
How the Government is Elected.
- At least once every three years.
Example question: How often are elections held in New Zealand?
- The Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) electoral system.
- Two, the party vote and the electorate vote.
- For the party you most want to be represented in Parliament.
- Each party's share of all the seats in Parliament.
- A list of the candidates from a political party, in the order the
party wants to see them elected to Parliament.
- For the MP you want to represent your electorate.
- An area or group of people who can vote in elections.
- Whereabouts you live.
- People who are 18 years or older, and are eligible to vote.
Further information:
How MMP Works
How Elections Work
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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