MMP stands for "Mixed Member Proportional." It is a voting system used in countries like New Zealand to elect members of Parliament. Under MMP, voters have two votes: one for a political party (party vote) and one for a local electorate candidate (electorate vote). The party vote determines the overall proportion of seats each party gets in Parliament, while the electorate vote decides which candidate represents the local area. This system ensures that the share of seats a party wins in Parliament closely matches its share of the party vote, combining local representation with proportional representation
. Additionally, MMP can refer to other concepts in different contexts, such as a "mobile measurement partner" in app marketing, or "minimum marketable product" in product development, but in the context of voting systems, it specifically means Mixed Member Proportional
