Pick the winner...

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The interesting thing about MMP is most governments are actually minority governments, unlike FPtP elections. So everytime I hear David Seymour talk about having a mandate I grin...

I am delighted by the Green result. But sad they didn't do as well as I was hoping. But then, I am such an optimist. You have to be as a raging leftie with a vote...

3 electorate Green MPs and party vote enough to put 15 MPs into the house. Sustainable and encouraging growth in the long term and promising as we look forward to the next election (in potentially <3 years) by which time the climate emergency will be undeniable and probably still largely ignored by NAct.

We saw yesterday's results as a real possibility and recently updated one of our EVs (while the CCD was still there) and have yet to sell our old one which will now increase in value on the secondhand market. I see global instability driven in part by environmental events which will put NAct well and truly to the test. We're in for a rough ride.

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Just for you sunshine as it appears research is too big an ask.

How overhang seats arise

Under MMP, a party is entitled to a number of seats based on its share of the total vote. If a party's share entitles it to ten seats and its candidates win seven constituencies, it will be awarded three list seats, bringing it up to its required number. This only works, however, if the party's seat entitlement is not less than the number of constituencies it has won. If, for example, a party is entitled to five seats, but wins six constituencies, the sixth constituency seat is referred to as an overhang seat. Overhang can result from an unproportional distribution of constituencies as well as strong region-based support or the existence of regional parties.

More snippyness.  I guess waking to a blue sky day hasn't improved your mood.

BTW I knew how it worked

A cut and paste post was as much time as I had for you. Usually I don't see you worth replying to as it only results in caustic comments, and again you've proved this to be the case.

Bit like the whingy old sop sitting at the end of the bar. Unless you're into poking a bear with a stick it's better to find more positive conversation.