How to Win a Lost Election: Malapportionment and Malaysia's 2013 General Election

Round Table

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 521-532

  Ostwald, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barisan Nasional; Election Commission; Malaysian Chinese Association; Malaysian Indian Congress; popular vote; United Malays National Organization; voter density

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84889080349     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2013.857146     Document Type: Article

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