Malaysia General Election 2008

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   I was held on 08032008... a month back.....
And the result... for the first time in Malaysia History... very very suprising... As the result showed the parliamentary election was won by BN, but yielded one of the worst results in the coalition's history. Opposition parties had won 82 seats (out of 222 seats in parliament) or 36.9% of parliamentary seats, while BN only managing to secure the remaining 140 seats or 63.1%. It marked also the first time since the 1969 Election that the coalition did not win a 2/3 majority in the Malaysian Parliament required to pass amendments to the Malaysian Constituition. In addition, 5 of 13 state legislatures were won by the opposition, compared with only one in the last election. The states are.. Penang (DAP), KEdah (PAS), Perak (mix - DAP, PKR and PAS), Selangor (PKR and DAP) and Kelantan (PAS)

Barisan Nasional (National Front or BN) is a major political coalition in the country. Formed in 1973 as the successor to the Alliance or Parti Perikatan, it has ruled Malaysia uninterrupted (including the term of the Alliance) since independence. Which is from 1957...

In my opinion... this result shows how Malaysians are responding towards the rulers... And how crucial BN must evaluate their action and policies which lead to this unexpected result.. even the opponent parties also never thought they are able to win like this. The people use the election to express their unsatisfaction...

Maybe can share with any malaysians or anyone who join this forum...

source: wikipedia