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{{Short description|Act of Parliament in New Zealand}}
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The '''Electoral Act 1993'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM307519.html?search=ts_act@bill@regulation@deemedreg_electoral_resel_25_h&p=1|title=Electoral Act 1993 No 87 (as at 01 September 2017), Public Act Contents – New Zealand Legislation|website=legislation.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> "establishes the electoral agencies, electoral system, election processes (including that for disputing results), how MPs are replaced between elections, registration processes for political parties and logos, enrolment and electoral roll requirements, and provides for the Māori Electoral option, and the Representation Commission."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/voting-system/electoral-laws-and-legislation|title=Electoral Laws and Legislation|work=Electoral Commission|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en}}</ref> One such agency is the [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]].<!-- Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. -->{{infobox legislation|short_title=Electoral Act 1993|parliament=[[New Zealand Parliament]]|image=Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg|imagesize=180px|long_title=An Act to reform the electoral system and to provide, in particular, if the proposal for the introduction of the mixed member proportional system is carried at the referendum held under the Electoral Referendum Act 1993,—▼
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{{infobox legislation
for the introduction of the mixed member proportional system of representation in relation to the House of Representatives:▼
| short_title = Electoral Act 1993
| legislature = [[New Zealand Parliament]]
for the establishment of an Electoral Commission:▼
| long_title = An Act to reform the electoral system and to provide, in particular, if the proposal for the introduction of the mixed member proportional system is carried at the referendum held under the Electoral Referendum Act 1993,—
▲(a) for the introduction of the mixed member proportional system of representation in relation to the House of Representatives
for the repeal of the Electoral Act 1956|Related Legislation=Electoral Finance Act 2007}}▼
| related = [[Broadcasting Act 1989]]<br />[[Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Act 2018]]
| status = Current
}}
▲The '''Electoral Act 1993'''
The Electoral Act forms part of the [[constitution of New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cabinet Manual 2017 |publisher=Cabinet Office, [[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand)|Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-947520-02-1 |pages=2 |language=en |quote=The other major sources of the constitution include: [...] Other relevant New Zealand statutes, such as the State Sector Act 1988, the Electoral Act 1993,}}</ref> The regulations made under the Act contain most of New Zealand's electoral legislation.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New Zealand politics source book|date=1999|publisher=Dunmore Press|others=Levine, Stephen I., Clark, Margaret, 1941–|isbn=0864693389|edition= 3rd|location=Palmerston North, N.Z.|oclc=42462480}}</ref> The Act defined [[mixed-member proportional]] (MMP) representation for use in the [[1993 New Zealand electoral reform referendum|1993 electoral referendum]], and it established MMP as the [[Electoral system of New Zealand|electoral system]] for the [[1996 New Zealand general election|1996 general election]].
== See also ==
*[[Broadcasting Standards Authority]]
*[[2005 New Zealand election funding controversy]]
* [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|New Zealand Electoral Commission]]
* [[Constitution Act 1986#Entrenchment|Constitution Act 1986 § Entrenchment]]
== References ==
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[[Category:New Zealand Statutes]]▼
== External links ==
* [http://www.elections.org.nz/ New Zealand Electoral Commission's website]
[[Category:Statutes of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Constitution of New Zealand]]
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