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The '''Additional Member System''' (AMS), known as [[mixed-member proportional representation]] (MMP) outside the United Kingdom, is a [[Mixed System]] with one tier of [[single-member district]] representatives, and another tier of ‘additional members’ elected through a [[Partisan System]] and used to increase [[Proportional Representation]]. The constituency representatives are generally elected under the [[Single Member Plurality]] voting system. The particular individuals selected from the [[Partisan System]] depends on the particulat variant of the system.
Variations of the AMS have different ways of determining how many party list representatives each party is entitled to. The main difference between systems is whether the constituency representatives are counted when list representatives are allocated to each party.
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[[image:sample-nz-ballot-large.gif|thumb|200px|This fictional New Zealand ballot has the party vote on the left and the constituency vote on the right.]]
==Critisism==
Since this is a chimera of [[Single Member Plurality]] and [[Party List]], it inherits all the issues of both systems. While some issues cancel each other, some do not. Since both votes are a [[plurality vote]], issues like vote splitting remain. Due to the number of issues with this type of systems there are many variations which try to compensate for them.
== Employment ==
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