Editing Strategic voting (section)

=== New Zealand ===
Since New Zealand moved to [[mixed-member proportional representation]] voting in 1996, the [[electoral system of New Zealand]] has seen strategic voting<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Phil |date=28 August 2017 |title=Give your vote more oomph- Strategic voting |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/election17-backgrounders/story/201856361/election17-give-your-vote-more-oomph-strategic-voting-101 |publisher=[[RNZ]] }}</ref> regularly occur in several elections, including one party explicitly or implicitly encouraging voters to vote for a candidate other than theirs. This happened first in 1996 in the [[Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate)|Wellington Central]], and then in 1999 in the [[Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)|Coromandel]]. From 1996 until 2005, it was a regular feature in the [[Ohariu-Belmont (New Zealand electorate)|Ohariu-Belmont]] electorate,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=Increase in split votes, election figures show |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/increase-in-split-votes-election-figures-show/BWLL6BR2OJNFH5NN2GY5Q4SD7E/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> which was won by [[Peter Dunne]] throughout its existence and from 2005 in the [[Epsom (New Zealand electorate)|Epsom]] electorate which has been won solely by the [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]] party since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=Labour gets tactical with Epsom |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/labour-gets-tactical-with-epsom/QMFTACJYUW7SXU6ULP6EHUPUYY/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref>