For nearly 30 years, New Zealanders have been encouraged to believe that Party Lists are essential for achieving nationwide proportionality under the current MMP voting system. But proportionality doesn’t actually require Party Lists at all. The simplest and most transparent way to achieve proportionality is to use the electorate results themselves, with nationwide vote totals determining each party’s overall entitlement.

That’s exactly what PRIME does. It allocates any additional MPs needed for proportionality by ranking all unelected electorate candidates according to how close they came to winning—using each candidate’s percentage margin based on total valid votes in their electorate. This ensures that every additional seat goes to someone who actually stood before voters, rather than to a list‑only candidate chosen internally by a party.

More information about PRIME can be found in each WordPress post here:

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You can also see some of the sonnets here: https://alan88nz.infinityfree.me/PRIME.html#appendix2

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