Suleiman, Shuaibu and Muhammed, Senusi (2020) Assessment of the electoral reform of 2008 on the General Election of 2011. In: The International Seminar on Regional Politics, Administration and Development 2020 (INSORPAD2020), 14-15 October 2020, STISIPOL Raja Haji, Riau, INDONESIA.

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Abstract

The study assessed the electoral reform of 2008 on the general election of 2011, with the main objective to determine the effect of the reform on the 2011 general election. The study is anchored on structural functionalism or the structural functionalist theory propounded by Varma (1975). The study adopted documentary design as a methodology for the study, is concerned with the analysis of documents that contain information about a given phenomenon under investigation. The data used in this study is the number of election petition filled at the tribunals for 2007 and 2011, to analyze the data percentages and bar chart was used. The study found that, the 2008 electoral reform didn’t decreased the irregularities in the electoral system as shown in the increased in the number of litigation's before the tribunal. The study concluded that, the implementation of the 2008 electoral reform has no positive effect on the outcome of the 2011 general election. The study recommended among-st others that, electoral reforms that are electorates incline should be thoughtful, such reform that is capable of educating the electorate and rehabilitates our political ideology from the old ways of manipulations and illegalities through political sensitization and acceptable awareness.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	eISBN 978-967-16057-8-3 Jointly organized by: Stisipol Raja Haji, Tanjungpinang, Indonesia School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Election, Electoral Process and Electoral Reform
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	School of Government
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2020 01:46
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2020 01:46
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28037

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