COMMENT | Electoral redelineation: Annulled cases

COMMENT | Unfair electoral boundaries remain an unaddressed contentious issue in Malaysia.

While we are very accustomed to terms like malapportionment and gerrymandering and having unfair redelineation exercises bulldozed through, I would like to open your eyes to a rare peculiarity in the redelineation process.

Since 1957, we had outcomes of three redelineation exercises either annulled or withdrawn before the boundaries were used for elections. These redelineation exercises provided useful lessons on how to advocate the redelineation process correctly.

There are a few principles one must understand about