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08-11-2022, 10:46 AM
The size of the Selangor electorate is worth noting, with its registered voters having ballooned by over 52%, taking the total to almost 3.7 million, after Malaysia lowered the voting age and passed a law allowing automatic registration of voters.
"This makes Selangor the state with the highest number of registered voters for GE15," said the Selangor Election Commission deputy director deputy director Kamarul Azman Ahmad Sabri.
Political scientist Dr Meredith Weiss noted. Selangor is Malaysia’s wealthiest state. Penang, also an opposition-held state, is a close second. It is in these two states that the opposition coalition has gained the most rapid headway, she said.
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"These are highly urbanised states, while (BN's) machinery is really geared towards rural areas," said the visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Another key reason the opposition has done well here is that there is more ethnic mix in the cities, she said, making communal politics less effective.
“(Selangor) still a hotly contested area… but at the same time, the assumption is that Pakatan (Harapan) will win again,” said Dr Weiss, who added that the coalition has been governing the state for a "long enough" period of time to have a track record.
In an interview with CNA, Ms Aira Nur Ariana Azhari, the Democracy and Governance Unit Mgnt at think-tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas), noted: “Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang within its boundaries, Selangor is naturally a state any serious political party would want to control.
“Whichever party gets to govern Selangor is also able to demonstrate themselves as a ‘government-in-waiting’ at the federal level.
"This makes Selangor the state with the highest number of registered voters for GE15," said the Selangor Election Commission deputy director deputy director Kamarul Azman Ahmad Sabri.
Political scientist Dr Meredith Weiss noted. Selangor is Malaysia’s wealthiest state. Penang, also an opposition-held state, is a close second. It is in these two states that the opposition coalition has gained the most rapid headway, she said.
READ ALSO -- Malaysia GE2022: With the most seats in West Malaysia, Johor's electoral results will paint the country's political picture
"These are highly urbanised states, while (BN's) machinery is really geared towards rural areas," said the visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Another key reason the opposition has done well here is that there is more ethnic mix in the cities, she said, making communal politics less effective.
“(Selangor) still a hotly contested area… but at the same time, the assumption is that Pakatan (Harapan) will win again,” said Dr Weiss, who added that the coalition has been governing the state for a "long enough" period of time to have a track record.
In an interview with CNA, Ms Aira Nur Ariana Azhari, the Democracy and Governance Unit Mgnt at think-tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas), noted: “Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang within its boundaries, Selangor is naturally a state any serious political party would want to control.
“Whichever party gets to govern Selangor is also able to demonstrate themselves as a ‘government-in-waiting’ at the federal level.
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