Gross distortions in Malaysia's voting system
Ramesh Rajaratnam - 8:23AM May 9, 2013 (Malaysiakini)
COMMENT The recently completed May 5 general election (GE13) revealed some interesting facts and figures based on the results as published by the Election Commission.
.................. On the national average, it cost BN 39,381 votes per MP as opposed to
Pakatan's 63,191 votes. Quite frankly, Pakatan had to work 60 percent
harder than the BN had to......
Some interesting facts
Based on the Election Commission website, let me highlight these other interesting facts from the FPTP vis-à-vis GE13:
1) BN received 46.2 percent of the popular votes in Peninsular Malaysia
and 54 percent in East Malaysia, or a national average of 47.4 percent.
2) Based on this, BN was able to garner almost 51 percent of the
parliamentary seats in the peninsula and 87.3 percent of those in Sabah
and Sarawak, for a national average of 60 percent, or 133 seats.
3) Interestingly, 8.2 percent of the voters (in Sabah and Sarawak) gave
BN 22 percent of the parliamentary seats, meaning 39.2 percent of the
voters (in the peninsula) gave it the remaining 38 percent in
Parliament.
4) Pakatan received 54 percent of the popular votes
in Peninsular Malaysia and 35 percent in East Malaysia, for a national
average of 51 percent.
5) Based on the above, Pakatan was only able to garner 49 percent of the
parliamentary seats in the peninsula and 12.7 percent of that in Sabah
and Sarawak, for a national average of 40 percent, or 89 seats.
6) It cost Pakatan 21 percent and 441 percent more votes per MP in the
peninsula and East Malaysia respectively, to be on par with BN. On
average nationally, Pakatan had to work 60 percent harder per MP than
the BN.
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