β Scribed by Kim Hoong Khong
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Malaysia's general election in October 1990 was of special significance. This was the first time since independence that a credible multi-ethnic coalition had emerged to challenge the ruling coalition that had been in power for thirty-three years. The election campaign turned into a "no-holds-barred" struggle, where ethnic and religious issues were thrown into the fray - with serious implications for the process of nation-building. The paper discusses the events and issues leading to the elections, the political parties involved, the alignments they made, the strategies and tactics that were deployed, and the manifestos and issues that were raised in the campaign. The author gives an analysis of the results and suggests that the Barisan Nasional's return to power is not unqualified, given the setbacks to the ethnic and federal-state relations in the course of the elections.
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I. INTRODUCTION
II. BACKGROUND TO THE POLLS
III. THE BARISAN NASIONAL'S CAMPAIGN
IV. THE OPPOSITION :PROBLEMS AND CAMPAIGN
V. RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS
VI. THE BARISAN NASIONAL COALITION
VII. THE OPPOSITION RESULTS
VIII. CONCLUSION
NOTES
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