Delimitation, communal representation and electoral outcomes in Malaysia : parliamentary elections, 1958-2004 /
The purpose of this study is to analyse the reasons for, and the impact of, delimitation exercises on parliamentary elections in Malaysia. Although there is no lack of studies on elections in Malaysia, none has studied the linkage between delimitation, electoral outcomes and communal representation...
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Gombak, Selangor :
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2006
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| Online Access: | http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/6374 |
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| 260 | |a Gombak, Selangor : |b Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, |c 2006 | ||
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| 500 | |a 'A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy'--On t.p. | ||
| 502 | |a Thesis (Ph. D.)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2006 | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253--261). | ||
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| 520 | |a The purpose of this study is to analyse the reasons for, and the impact of, delimitation exercises on parliamentary elections in Malaysia. Although there is no lack of studies on elections in Malaysia, none has studied the linkage between delimitation, electoral outcomes and communal representation on a national scale. This study uses data from official government—especially Election Commission (EC)—and media reports on delimitation and parliamentary elections. It analyses the delimitation exercises and their consequences on ethnic composition in the parliamentary constituencies. Then, it analyses the electoral outcomes in the years immediately following the delimitation exercises and compare them with the ones before such exercises in order to gauge the benefits of delimitation accrued by political parties. It also analyses electoral outcomes in the different categories of constituencies in order to relate communal representation with political parties and ethnicity of winning candidates. The study finds that: • The delimitation exercises had indeed changed ethnic composition of parliamentary constituencies, whereby the 1958 delimitation exercise had created more Chinese-majority constituencies than the pre-independence 1954 delimitation exercise, while the ensuing delimitation exercises in 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2003 had created and maintained more Malay-majority constituencies. • The delimitation exercise did not always benefit Barisan Nasional (BN), as suggested by other studies, because an analysis into electoral outcomes in 1959 and 1986 showed lesser percentage of representation to BN. • In terms of communal representation, while BN can win in different categories of constituencies (overwhelming, moderate ethnic-majority or mixed), it is weak in overwhelming Chinese-majority constituencies. • BN’s victory can be explained not in terms of its perceived strength in Malay, Chinese, Malay Bumiputera or non-Malay Bumiputera constituencies, but because it is very predominant in the mixed constituencies. • While ethnicity is a major factor for elections in overwhelming and moderate ethnic-majority constituencies, it became a less important factor in mixed constituencies where candidates from different ethnic groups can be elected. This study challenges the generalisation made by other scholars that the delimitation exercises only benefit the Malay ethnic group and BN. On the contrary, this study shows that in different elections, lesser percentage of Malays and BN candidates were elected. | ||
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