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70 Years of Elections in Malaysia: What Has Worked, What Hasn’t
It’s been 70 years since the first General Elections in Malaya in 1955, and 61 years since we voted for the first time as a new nation called Malaysia in 1964. From the era of one-party dominance under the Alliance and then Barisan Nasional, to the historic change of government in 2018, our electoral journey has been an incredible one.
In that time, we’ve gone from a nation that didn’t think it was possible to change a government to a nation that believes we can change our government at anytime.
In many ways, we’re still going through a maturing process—figuring out what kind of democracy we…
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