The democratic electoral system
The broad principles underlying elections in Malaysia are similar to those of Britain's simple-majority system. Each elected government is given a five-year mandate. An independent Election Commission is responsible for the conduct of parliamentary and state elections, for defining electoral boundaries and maintaining electoral rolls.
- Information in the full article includes
- Political tutelage up to Merdeka
- The electoral system
- ‘First past the post’
- The electoral rolls
- Delimitation of constituencies
- The result of power sharing
- Contesting election results
