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So Close and Yet So Far: Strategies in the 13th Malaysian Elections
This article examines the strategies employed by the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (or National Front), and the opposition alliance, Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Alliance), in the 13th general election held in Malaysia in May 2013. It argues that while the opposition used the right strategy for the 2013 campaign, it lost because it could not overcome the three biggest hurdles for opposition politics in Malaysia: East Malaysia, the rural Malay votes and a biased electoral system.
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Publication title
The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International AffairsVolume
102Issue
6Pagination
533-540ISSN
0035-8533Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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