Liste électorale maorie en Nouvelle-Zélande

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Liste électorale maorie en Nouvelle-Zélande

En Nouvelle-Zélande, la Maori option prévoit que tout électeur peut volontairement s'inscrire sur une liste d'électeurs maoris (Maori roll) qui déterminera le nombre de sièges réservés pour cette minorité ethnique au Parlement. Cela n'empêche toutefois aucunement des candidats maoris de se faire élire dans la catégorie électorale générale, du moment qu'ils ne se sont pas inscrits sur la liste d'électeurs maoris.

Maori parliamentary representation in New Zealand

source: New Zealand's government site (accessed in 1998)

The Maori Electoral Option

After each census the process of redrawing electorate boundaries begins with a four-month Maori Electoral Option

After each census the process of redrawing electorate boundaries begins with a four-month Maori Electoral Option. During this period, electors who are registered on the Maori roll and those on the General roll who indicated on their enrolment forms that they are of Maori descent are sent a letter asking them to choose which type of roll, the Maori electoral roll or the General electoral roll they want to be registered on.

Once they have made their choice the person cannot change the type of roll they are registered on until the next Maori Electoral Option is held in five years’ time. If Maori who are already registered as electors do not make a choice during the Maori Electoral Option period, they stay on the type of roll they were already on.

The results of the Maori Electoral Option form the basis for calculating the Maori electoral population and the General electoral population, and affect the number of Maori seats there will be for the next five to eight years. They also affect the boundaries of all seats, General and Maori. So the process of drawing electorate boundaries cannot begin until the Maori Electoral Option has been held.

The number of Maori electorate seats can rise or fall depending on the number of Maori who choose to be registered on the Maori electoral roll. A change in the number of Maori seats can affect the number of General seats in the North Island and the number of list seats.

There are presently five Maori seats in Parliament, but as a result of the 1997 Maori Electoral Option there will be six contested at the 1999 general election. There will also be an additional General seat at the 1999 election.

This means that of the 120 seats in the next Parliament 61 will come from General Electorates and 6 from Maori Electorates with 53 MPs to be elected from party lists.