Malaysia’s 14th General Election
Dissecting the ‘Malaysian tsunami’—measuring the impacts of ethnicity and urban development on electoral outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233416 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Wei Jian Ng (0000-0001-6832-6267, Monash University Malaysia), Gary J Rangel (0000-0002-2185-3876, Universiti Sains Malaysia, corresponding author), Yet Chin Phung (Monash University Malaysia) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-66 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185377.2020.1814363 |
| OpenAlex | W3082453844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 42 |
The 14th Malaysian general elections (GE14) resulted in a regime change not experienced since independence. While ethnicity has been an overriding factor in determining electoral outcomes, urbanization has recently been considered a competing factor that might weaken the effects of ethnicity. Using a new methodology to model the compositional effects of ethnicity, we analyse the effects of both factors on the GE14 in our regression models. The findings show that both ethnicity and urban development do affect electoral outcomes, with ethnicity being the more dominant factor. Additionally, multivariate results show that neither malapportionment nor redelineation explains electoral outcomes. We provide a dissection of the ‘Malaysian tsunami’ examining vote change patterns between GE13 and GE14 using an ethnic and rural-urban continuum. The analysis reveals that effects of the tsunami are not evenly spread across ethnic groups and geographical regions, with the Malay majority and ethnically mixed seats displaying contrasting voting patterns
Affect (linguistics · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · General election · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Malay · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Urbanization · Voting · Asian Studies and History · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |