Voting behaviour after the collapse of a dominant party regime in Malaysia: ethno-religious backlash or economic grievances?

Q3 Social Sciences Round Table Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/00358533.2023.2219524
Hidekuni Washida
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ABSTRACT The rise of an Islamist party (PAS) in the 2022 general election caused concern that a massive shift towards an ethno-religious backlash was under way in Malaysia. This paper argues that this is not necessarily the case. First, the number of PAS’s seats was inflated by malapportionment. More important, analyses of original surveys reveal that PAS benefitted from the last-minute, pro-PN swing of undecided voters, who were mainly motivated by economic concerns. This paper illustrates how economic, distributive, and governance grievances affected voting behaviour and discusses how to balance competing demands after the collapse of a dominant party regime.
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马来西亚执政党政权垮台后的投票行为:种族-宗教反弹还是经济不满?
伊斯兰党(PAS)在2022年大选中的崛起引起了人们的担忧,即马来西亚正在发生大规模的民族-宗教反弹。本文认为,情况并非如此。首先,伊斯兰党的席位数量因分配不当而膨胀。更重要的是,对原始调查的分析显示,PAS受益于最后一刻支持pn的未决定选民,他们主要是出于对经济的担忧。本文阐述了经济、分配和治理方面的不满如何影响投票行为,并讨论了在执政党政权崩溃后如何平衡竞争需求。
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Round Table Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1910, The Round Table, Britain"s oldest international affairs journal, provides analysis and commentary on all aspects of international affairs. The journal is the major source for coverage of policy issues concerning the contemporary Commonwealth and its role in international affairs, with occasional articles on themes of historical interest. The Round Table has for many years been a repository of informed scholarship, opinion, and judgement regarding both international relations in general, and the Commonwealth in particular, with authorship and readership drawn from the worlds of government, business, finance and academe.
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