WPŁYW GŁOSOWANIA PODZIELONEGO NA WYNIKI MIESZANYCH WYBORÓW PARLAMENTARNYCH DO NOWOZELANDZKIEJ IZBY REPREZENTANTÓW
THE IMPACT OF SPLIT-TICKET VOTING ON THE RESULTS OF MIXED PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TO THE NEW ZEALAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Summary/Abstract: Mixed-member electoral systems are a highly complex, and therefore extremely interesting,mechanism for determining parliamentary representation that generates patterns of electoral be-haviour that are unprecedented in other systems. One of these is the so-called split-ticket voting,whereby a voter simultaneously supports a candidate and a list that has been registered by twodifferent political parties. This article attempts to identify the scale and the most significant politi-cal consequences of split-ticket voting in New Zealand’s House of Representatives elections from1996 to 2020. Lessons from mixed parliamentary elections in New Zealand can be successfullyapplied to the discussion on the reform of the electoral system for the Sejm, which has been on-going in the Polish public space for more than three decades.

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