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Malaysia held general elections on 5 May 2013 following the dissolution of the Parliament announced by the Prime Minister on 3 April 2013. Both the House of Representatives and 12 out of 13 State Legislative Assemblies (with the exception of Sarawak) were renewed, following the practice established in 2004 to hold these elections simultaneously. The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), dominated by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of prime minister Najib Razak won a majority of seats, even though the Anwar Ibrahim-led Pakatan Rakyat (PR), formed by three oppositional parties, won more votes overall. This is because the seats are not allocated proportionally but on the constituency level (with strongly differing constituency sizes), following the first-past-the-post system. However, the PR slightly increased its representation, while the BN lost a few seats. Read more about Next Malaysian General Election: Background, Dissolution of Parliament, Dissolution of State Legislative Assemblies, Date, Election Issues, Incidents, Manifestos, Nominations, Voting Process Famous quotes containing the words general and/or election:“Though of erect nature, man is far above the plants. For mans superior part, his head, is turned toward the superior part of the world, and his inferior part is turned toward the inferior world; and therefore he is perfectly disposed as to the general situation of his body. Plants have the superior part turned towards the lower world, since their roots correspond to the mouth, and their inferior parts towards the upper world.” “What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!” |