New Zealand
New Zealand formerly used solely first-past-the-post voting until 1993, when it switched to the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system in 1996 to elect members of the Parliament of New Zealand.
Therefore, landslides have not happened since then as no single party has won a majority of seats under proportional representation.
Instances of landslides under first-past-the-post voting:
- 1935: Labour under Michael Joseph Savage won 53 of 80 seats
- 1938: Labour under Michael Joseph Savage won 53 of 80 seats
- 1951: National under Sidney Holland won 50 of 80 seats in the wake of the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute
- 1972: Labour Party under Norman Kirk won 55 of 87 seats
- 1975: National Party under Robert Muldoon won 55 of 87 seats
- 1990: National Party led by Jim Bolger won 67 of 97 seats - the largest majority to be won by any party in New Zealand history.
Read more about this topic: List Of Landslide Victories
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