Malaysia's elections: A step backward

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 136-150

  Welsh, Bridget ^a  

^a University and Malaysia   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84885363261     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: 10863214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2013.0066     Document Type: Article

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1. James Chin and Wong Chin Huat, "Malaysia's Electoral Upheaval," Journal of Democracy 20 (July 2009): 71-85.
2. Merdeka Center for Polling Research, "BN and Pakatan Neck and Neck in Race to Finish Line," news release, 3 May 2013, available at www.merdeka.org/.
3. Paul D. Anieri, "Electoral Tactics and Autocratization," Newsletter of the APSA Comparative Democratization Section 11 (June 2013): 1, 3-6, www.ned.org/apsa-cd/ APSA-CDJune-2013.pdf.
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5. For official population statistics, see www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content=1215.
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8. Bridget Welsh, "Enabling and Empowering Change," in Welsh and Chin, Awakening, 274-93.
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13. These reports derive from the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Sabah on illegal immigrants. See, for example, "Pakistani Tells Sabah RCI Voted Twice, Name Still on GE13 Electoral Roll," Malaysian Insider, 27 May 2013, www.themalaysianinsider.com/ malaysia/article/pakistani-tells-sabah-rci-voted-twice-name-still-on-ge13-voter-roll.
14. Yong Yen Nie, "Foreigners Flown into Malaysia to Vote for BN: Anwar," Straits Times, 3 May 2013.
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20. Larry Diamond, "Liberation Technology," Journal of Democracy 21 (July 2010): 69-83.
21. Tessa J. Houghton, Watching the Watchdog': Malaysian Media Coverage of GE13," Preliminary Results-Release 5: World Press Freedom Day, 5 May 2013, http:// pilihanraya.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/WtW.Release.5.pdf.
22. These analyses are based on fieldwork conducted around the polls and a detailed analysis of the polling-station results that capture voting patterns at the local level. The leading polling organization used is Merdeka Center.
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24. Benjamin Reilly, "Southeast Asia: In the Shadow of China," Journal of Democracy 23 (January 2013): 156-64.