THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NON-MALAY CANDIDATES IN THE MALAY MAJORITY PARLIAMENTARY AREAS FROM GE-11, 2004 UNTIL THE GE-14, 2018: AN ANALYSIS

This article discusses the achievement of non-Malay candidates in the Malay majority of parliamentary areas from GE-11, 2004 until the GE-14, 2018. Ten parliamentary areas were chosen in studying the voters’ trend towards non-Malays BN candidates. Why did BN top party management decide to choose non-Malays candidates in the Malays parliamentary majority areas? The main objectives of the study are; firstly to discuss what is the trend of Malays support to the non-Malay candidates and, secondly what is the factors contribute to the changes of the Malay voters to the non-Malays candidates. This study concludes that there were some changes in the Malay support towards non-Malays candidates since GE-12, 2008, and great changes been occurred in GE-14, 2018. The non-Malays candidates in the Malay majority parliamentary areas were not secure since GE-14, 2018.