Country quota

The country quota was a part of the New Zealand electoral system from 1881 until 1945, when it was abolished by the First Labour Government. Its effect was to make an urban electoral districts (electorates) more populous than an rural constituency, thus allowing a rural district not to be large enough to take in the same number of votes as an urban district. This allowed a rural member to be elected with fewer votes and made rural votes worth more in general elections.

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