Editing Parallel voting (section)

===Proposals for use===
In [[New Zealand]], the [[Royal Commission on the Electoral System]] reviewed the electoral system in 1985–86 and considered parallel voting as a possible replacement for the [[First-past-the-post|single-member plurality (SMP)]] system in use at the time.

The commission came to the conclusion that parallel voting would be unable to overcome the shortcomings of New Zealand's previous SMP system. The total seats won by a party would likely remain out of proportion to its share of votes—there would be a "considerable imbalance between share of the votes and share of the total seats"—and it would be unfair to minor parties (who would struggle to win constituency seats).<ref name="rc392">Royal Commission on Electoral Systems (1986), ''Report of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System: towards a better democracy'', Wellington N.Z.: Government Printing, pg. 39.</ref> In the [[Electoral reform in New Zealand|indicative 1992 electoral referendum]], parallel voting was one of four choices for an alternative electoral system (alongside [[Mixed-member proportional representation|MMP]], [[Instant-runoff voting|AV]] and [[Single transferable vote|STV]]), but came last with only 5.5 percent of the vote. An overwhelming majority of voters supported MMP, as recommended by the Royal Commission, and the system was adopted after the [[1993 electoral referendum]].

In [[2011 New Zealand voting method referendum|another referendum in 2011]], 57.77% of voters elected to keep current the MMP system. Among the 42.23% that voted to change to another system, a plurality (46.66%) preferred a return to the pre-1994 SMP system. Parallel voting was the second-most popular choice, with 24.14% of the vote.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}{{Portal|Politics}}