COMMENT | Root cause of problems or solutions for electoral boundaries

COMMENT | In the previous article that we have written, we pointed out the deficiency of polling facilities for a constituency. Today, we will like to highlight another hidden deficiency behind every electoral constituency (whether state or Parliament).

Every constituency is constructed from two or more polling districts (which defines where you vote). While we are accustomed to the fact that polling districts get shifted during redelineation, it is important to understand that polling districts ultimately defines fair electoral boundaries.

Building on three years of research since GE14, we at Tindak Malaysia would like to share our findings on the problematic polling districts and how the Election Commission (EC) could fix them. All of our findings and solutions for polling districts have been submitted to EC since GE14.

Polling district: Building block of an electoral constituency

Every Malaysian who is registered as a voter has a complete or incomplete address. These voters are grouped into locality based on their