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Political Tsunami (Malaysian Politics)
In Malaysian politics, a political tsunami ( Malay: ''tsunami politik''), also known as political wave ( Malay: ''gelombang politik'') is a term that describes a sudden landslide victory in the elections. The term was popularised during the 2008 general elections. It is also describes a major and sudden change in political landscape. Background and Chinese Tsunami Though the term was famous only during 2008 Malaysian general election, in fact, the prior election produced a landslide victory to Barisan Nasional. BN won 198 seats, the highest ever in Malaysian history. Across the term, support for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi gradually decreased. Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who had handed over power to Abdullah in 2003, became increasingly critical of his successor’s leadership, particularly regarding issues of governance and policy direction. Entering the 2008 election, the opposition launched its campaign, advocating for a change of government. Later on ...
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Politics Of Malaysia
Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments. Legislative power is vested in the federal parliament and the 13 state assemblies. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature, though the executive maintains a certain level of influence in the appointment of judges to the courts. The Constitution of Malaysia is codified and the system of government is based on the Westminster system. The hierarchy of authority in Malaysia, in accordance to the Federal Constitution, stipulates the three branches (administrative components) of the Malaysian government as consisting of the Executive, Judiciary and Legislative branch. Whereas, the Parliament consists of the ''Dewan Negara'' (Upper House/Senate) and ...
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Financial Times
The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei, Inc., Nikkei, with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, Pearson plc, Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for Pound sterling, £844 million (US$1.32 billion) after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions. In 2023, it was reported to have 1.3 million subscribers of which 1.2 million were digital. The newspaper has a prominent focus on Business journalism, financial journalism and economic analysis rather than News media, generalist reporting, drawing both criticism and acclaim. It sponsors an Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, annual book ...
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Wipeout (elections)
An electoral wipeout occurs when a major party wins no seats in an election - "wiped out" means no one left, from that party, in the body that has had an election. It is the opposite of a landslide victory; the two frequently go hand in hand. A use of the phrase generally assumes that the returns were the product of a legitimate election; show elections to fraudulent legislatures regularly produce incredibly strong majorities for the ruling party (or parties). Australia Federal elections Between 1901 and 1949, the federal upper house, the Australian Senate, was elected by a system of majoritarian or "winner-take-all" voting. Each state had three of its six Senators retiring at each half-senate election. Each voter had three votes at each election, whether by first-past-the-post ( FPTP) 1901–1918, or the alternative vote. It was often the case that the three seats all went the same way, leading to lopsided results in the six states such as or In 1948, the Single Transfera ...
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Sinar Harian
''Sinar Harian'' (''Daily Light'') is a Malay-language daily newspaper published in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia in a compact format. It first hit the newsstands on 31 July 2006 in the East Coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu before expanding its distribution to the state of Selangor and the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur in the West Coast in September 2007. The newspaper occasionally organises public forums and debates at which politicians and public figures are invited to speak, regardless of viewpoint. ''Sinar Daily'' is published by ''Sinar Karangkraf Sdn Bhd'' (formerly Akhbar Cabaran Sdn Bhd), a company related to Kumpulan Karangkraf, a major media and publishing interest in Malaysia and currently has a cover price of RM 1.80. Features While providing the standard fare of national and international news, ''Sinar Harian'' also has a unique niche in providing regional and local news based on the regional editions published in the form of a pull-out section tha ...
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Kuala Langat (federal Constituency)
Kuala Langat is a federal constituency in Kuala Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ... since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kuala Langat constituency is divided into 45 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments & postcode Election results ...
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Kapar (federal Constituency)
Kapar is a federal constituency in Klang District and Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1974, from 1986 to present. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics History It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed between Kuala Selangor (federal constituency), Kuala Selangor and Pelabuhan Kelang (federal constituency), Pelabuhan Kelang. It was re-created in 1984 from parts of Kuala Selangor and Pelabuhan Kelang. Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Kapar constituency is divided into 44 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments Election results ...
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Putrajaya (federal Constituency)
Putrajaya is a federal constituency representing the Federal Territories of Malaysia, Federal Territory of Putrajaya, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004. The federal constituency was created from parts of the Sepang (federal constituency), Sepang constituency in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/PUTRAJAYA While this Malaysian parliamentary constituency is the 'heart' of predominantly Malaysian Malays, Malay/Muslim voters, Putrajaya might be considered as the only constituency area in the both Klang Valley and West-Coast Peninsular Malaysia where the Chinese Malaysians, Chinese voters forms only less than 1% of the overall voters in the parliamentary area. History Polling districts According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Putrajaya constituency has a total of 7 polling ...
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Pakatan Harapan
Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led a grand coalition government since November 2022, having previously led a single-coalition government from May 2018 to February 2020. It is currently the largest coalition in the Dewan Rakyat with 81 seats and is part of the state governments of seven of 13 states in the country, comprising Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Pahang, Malacca and Sabah. It also provides confidence and supply in Johor for its state government led by Barisan Nasional (BN). The coalition consists of the Democratic Action Party (Malaysia), Democratic Action Party (DAP), People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice Party (PKR), National Trust Party (Malaysia), National Trust Party (AMANAH), and United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO). The ...
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Sungai Petani (federal Constituency)
Sungai Petani is a federal constituency in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitu ... since 1959. The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/parliament/KEDAH History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Sungai Petani constituency is divided into 50 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments & postcodes Election results ...
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Malaysian Islamic Party
The Malaysian Islamic Party, also known as the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Malay language, Malay: ''Parti Islam Se-Malaysia''; Abbreviation, abbrev: PAS), is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. Ideologically focused on Islamic fundamentalism and Ketuanan Melayu, Malay dominance; PAS's electoral base is largely centered around Peninsular Malaysia's rural northern and east coast regions particularly the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis, and Kedah. They also gained significant support in the rural areas of Perak and Pahang in the last 2022 Malaysian general election, 2022 general election and the 2023 Malaysian state elections, 2023 state elections; dubbed as the "Green Wave (Malaysia), Green Wave". The party was a component party of the then governing Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition which came to power as a result of the 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis. The party governs either solely or as coalition partners in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and ...
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Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (; Jawi script, Jawi: ), is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament which is the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan Rakyat sits in the Malaysian Houses of Parliament, Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur, along with the Dewan Negara, the upper house. The Dewan Rakyat is a directly Election, elected body consisting of 222 members known as Member of parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected by first-past-the-post voting with one member from each List of Malaysian electoral districts, federal constituency. Members hold their seats until the Dissolution of parliament, Dewan Rakyat is dissolved, the term of which is Constitutionalism, constitutionally limited to five years after an Elections in Malaysia, election. The number of seats each States and federal territories of Malaysia, state or territory is entitled ...
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United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation (Abbreviation, abbrev: UMNO; , PEKEMBAR) is a Conservatism, conservative, Nationalism, Malay nationalist political party in Malaysia. As the oldest national political party in the country (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has been known as Malaysia's "Grand Old Party". UMNO is a founding and the principal dominant member of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which taken along with its predecessor Alliance Party (Malaysia), Alliance, had been the main governing party of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957, independence of Malaya in 1957 until its defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election, 2018 general election. From 1957 to 2018, every Prime Minister of Malaysia was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation, President of UMNO. It has since returned to power twice as a result of the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis, 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis, firstly as a partner in a Pe ...
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