the 1992/93 referendums, has again supported campaigning against MMP. In April 2010, he and the late Graeme Hunt launched the Put MMP to the Vote campaign to advocate for the removal of MMP and its replacement with Supplementary Membership. However, in the announcement, he sent mixed signals on his opposition to MMP when he said that "Supplementary Membership already operates successfully in the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales" – both legislatures actually use a variant of MMP and not SM. Shirtcliffe has also attacked the referendum process as flawed and called for a quicker second round of votes to allow any electoral system to be in place before the next general election, preferential voting on alternative voting systems and a question on the reduction of Parliament seats from 120 to 100. Opinion polls and surveys Results To prevent the delay of general election results, preliminary counts of the referendum results did not take place at polling places – instead the referendum ballot boxes were to be unsealed, inspected, packaged and sent to the Returning Officer of the electorate for an official count. Advance referendum votes were to be counted by the Returning Officers on election night and released gradually on election night. In total, over 330,000 advance votes were cast, around 11% of the total New Zealand electorate. The official results, including all special votes, were released on 10 December 2011. Part A In Part A, 57.8 percent of valid votes were in favour of keeping the MMP system, with 42.2 percent in favour of change. Around three percent of the votes were informal. Compared to the 1993 referendum, there was a 3.9 percent increase in support for the MMP system. In terms of electorates, 56 voted in majority to keep MMP while 14 voted in majority to change system. The seven Maori electorates had the largest votes in favour of keeping MMP, with Waiariki having the highest percentage in favour – 85.5 percent. Clutha-Southland had the highest percentage in favour of change – 55.4 percent. Part B Footnotes See also Referendums in New Zealand Electoral system of New Zealand Electoral reform in New Zealand References External links Official referendum site – Elections New Zealand Ministry of Justice – MMP Referendum Electoral Referendum Act 2010 text Report of The Royal Commission on the Electoral System 1986 Campaign for MMP Vote for Change Put MMP to the vote