Malaysian parlimentary election.
Results of the 2008 general election caught many analysts and the people at large by surprise. It was totally unexpected that the National Front (NF) would be denied its two-third majority that the ruling coalition has been securing since the first general election held in 1964 after the forma...
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| Language: | English |
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Research Management Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9476/1/synthesis_34.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9476/ |
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| Summary: | Results of the 2008 general election caught
many analysts and the people at large
by surprise. It was totally unexpected
that the National Front (NF) would be denied
its two-third majority that the ruling coalition has
been securing since the first general election
held in 1964 after the formation of Malaysia in
1963. Since then, the NF was able to regain its
supremacy by winning a two-third majority in
the federal parliament until 2008. That therefore
makes the 2008 general election the country’s
11th general election held. However, in between
these general elections, the ruling NF coalition
merely lost one or two states, as it did in the
Malay heartland of Kelantan (1990, 1995, 1999,
2004) and Terengganu (1999) as well as the
former crown colony of Sabah (1984, 1985,
1990 and 1994). Therefore, when the coalition
failed to secure a two-third majority in the 2008
general election and at the same time lost four
additional states to a loose electoral pact of the
Malay-led PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat [Peoples’
Justice Party]), the Islamic based PAS (Pan
Islamic Party) and the Chinese dominated DAP
(Democratic Action Party), shock waves were
felt by all parties across the nation. |
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