标题：Pengaruh gerrymandering terhadap pola pengundian di Kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kajang dan Bangi, Malaysia (Influence of gerrymandering on voting patterns in the Constituency Legislative Assembly Area of Kajang and Bangi, Malaysia)
期刊名称：Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space
电子版ISSN：2180-2491
出版年度：2012
卷号：8
期号：7
出版社：Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
摘要：Delineation of electoral boundary in Malaysia is carried out by the Election Commission (EC). It is enshrined in the Federal Constitution and the exercise is carried out for every 10 years base on geographical characteristics of the area, the level of development, demography, basic facilities and communications and the affordability of the Government (State and Federal) to bear the costs involved with additional seats. However, such exercises may benefit the ruling party if there exist a phenomenon known as gerrymandering. Therefore in this article, the State Legislative Assembly Areas of Kajang and Bangi were selected to provide the case study by examining the influence of gerrymandering of 2003 on the voting patterns particularly in the 2004 and 2008 General Elections. Based on report obtainable from the Election Commission the study found that the gerrymandering of the 2003 have influenced the voting patterns in the 2004 general election in favour of the ruling party but the influence could not be extended to the 2008 General Election as national issues and BN's leadership crisis had been more influential. Generally it can be said that the impact of gerrymandering on the election result that favour the ruling party is not permanent in nature
关键词：delineation of electoral boundary; elections; ethnic; number of voters; State Assembly Legislative; ;voting patterns
