Major parties are likely to win less than 60% of the vote
She says the party vote is splintering and a review of MMP is likely after the election.
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The two major parties are likely to win less than 60% of the vote, against about 80% traditionally.
Growing Future Farmers board member Eve McCallum says this will be the first true MMP election.
“If we are going to continue to see the major parties hold the electorates, but the party vote gets a lot more splintered, then the list MPs will become less and less,” she says.
McCallum says a review of MMP will follow the election. Growing Future Farmers wants parties to set out a vision for the sector.
She says Opportunity will poll at 4.5%.
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