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How Do Parties Win Elections Without Getting Majority of the Votes?

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15-Mar-22 15:00

How Do Parties Win Elections Without Getting Majority of the Votes?

Here’s how many people believe elections in Malaysia work: You cast your vote on election day. The party/coalition that amasses more than half of the population’s votes wins and forms the government. But what if we told you that this isn’t the case; That a lot of the time, the party that forms the government, is a party that isn’t popular amongst the people. On this episode, we discuss our First-Past-the-Post electoral system and what we can do about it.

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  politics

Tags:  Party List,  the bigger picture,  today i learned,  politics,  malaysian politics,  elections,  first past the post,  proportional representation,  gerrymandering, 


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