Editing List MP (section)

==Different systems==
In some countries, seats in a [[legislative chamber]] are filled solely in accordance with the share of votes won by each individual party. Thus, all [[Knesset]] (MKs) members in [[Israel]] are list members. Under this system, MKs are appointed from lists of candidates created by each party until the party has reached its allocated number. In other countries, a more complicated system is used. In the method used in [[Japan]], [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]], some seats are filled using party lists, while others are filled by the "traditional" [[first-past-the-post]] (FPP) voting system. Under the [[mixed member proportional]] (MMP) system, the method used in [[Germany]] and [[New Zealand]], a merger of party-list representation and geographic representation is employed &mdash; parties contest geographic seats (districts) but are then "topped up" with members from a party list.

=== New Zealand ===
New Zealand has at least 120 members of Parliament (MPs), out of which there are 72 [[New Zealand electorates|electorate]] seats elected using FPP, and the other MPs are selected from the party lists. The number of list MPs each party receives is the difference between a party's proportional allocation of [[parliamentary seat]]s and its number of electorate MPs. Since the introduction of the list of MPs, New Zealand parliaments have been more proportionate.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Roberts |first1=Nigel S. |title=Electoral systems – MMP in practice |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/electoral-systems/page-6 |encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=18 June 2024 |date=20 June 2012}}</ref>