Sentence examples for mixed member from inspiring English sources

Peters said the country's mixed member proportional (MMP) voting system did not foster national instability.

British Columbia chose STV, and Ontario mixed member proportional representation (MMP), the same system used for the Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.

National is on the brink of securing the first single-party parliamentary majority since New Zealand moved to its Mixed Member Proportional electoral system in 1996.

Rather, it is AMS (additional member system), the mixed member system used in Germany, as well as in elections to the devolved bodies in Scotland and Wales and to the London assembly.

On top of that, in 1996 New Zealand had changed from first past the post to mixed member proportional voting so in each of her governments she had to negotiate constantly with small, often badly behaved parties from the margins.

The mixed member proportional representation system at Holyrood means a majority is harder to achieve in the Scottish Parliament than Westminster.

Under New Zealand's mixed member-proportional system, National won 59 of 122 parliamentary seats, but it can also count on the six seats of two small right-wing parties.John Key, the new prime minister, is Barack Obama's age, 47, and relatively new to politics.

Establishing and maintaining a forum of mixed members required careful preparation and ongoing support.

One of the chief differences between mixed-member systems is the percentage of seats allocated by proportional and majoritarian methods.

Peters is familiar as a potential kingmaker in New Zealand elections since the switch from first-past-the-post to mixed-member proportional representation in 1996.

Moreover, the parliament is now elected under a new electoral system, designed by Fidesz, which is fairly similar to the mixed-member system in Germany.