Malaysia's 1990 General Election

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Publisher:: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
Online publication date:: October 2015
Print publication year:: 1991
Online ISBN:: 9789814376259

Series:: Research Notes and Discussion Papers
Subjects:: Regional and World History: General Interest, History

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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.

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Malaysia's 1990 General Election

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Frontmatter
pp i-iii

Contents
pp iv-iv

LIST OF TABLES
pp v-v

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
pp vi-vi

I - Introduction
pp 1-1

II - Background to the Polls
pp 2-4

III - The Barisan Nasional's Campaign
pp 5-7

IV - The Opposition: Problems and Campaign
pp 8-12

V - Results of the Elections
pp 13-14

VI - The Barisan Nasional Coalition
pp 15-35

VII - The Opposition Results
pp 36-46

VIII - Conclusion
pp 47-49

Notes
pp 50-52

Parties
pp 53-53

THE AUTHOR
pp 54-54

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