SPR can choose to use constituency re-delineation exercise as the last straw that totally kill or save its credibility

In the coming constituency re-delineation exercise, SPR can choose to use it as the last straw that totally kill or save the credibility of SPR. If SPR wants to save their already lost credibility, they have to adopt the principle of “one man, one vote, one value” in order to ensure every vote has the same value, to protect the voice of the majority.

The unfair constituency delineation is one of the main reasons why PR Perak is unable to get back the State Government. PR Perak has obtained the popular vote of 55% but only won 28 seats as compared to BN's 31.

Out of the 10 state seats with the largest number of voters in Perak, BN only won 3 and PR won 7. Whereas the 10 state seats with the least number of voters were all won by BN. We can see that the number of voters in BN's stronghold will always be fewer. This contributes to more seats. The voters in each seat won by PR will always be higher, which means PR would have won fewer seats.

In Perak, Manjoi is the biggest state seat with 51036 voters, whereas Kota Tampan is the smallest with only 12120 voters. That's a huge difference of 4.2 times! If the constituency delineation is fair, the seat of Manjoi should be divided into 2 and based on the results obtained in GE13, it is likely that PR and BN will win each of the split constituencies, and the overall result in Manjoi should be 1:1 and not 0:1 as it is now! Similarly, if we are to combine the 2 small state seats under Lenggong parliamentary seat, Kota Tampan and Kenering, the end result will only be 1:0 to BN and not 2:0 to BN!

The average number of voters in the 10 largests seats in Perak is 36460, and the smallest is 11417. This is a difference is 2.5 times. If we are to calculate according to this, the value of the seats with fewer voters will be 2.5 times more valuable than the bigger seats. In other words, the voters in the larger seats will pick only 1 elected rep while the voters in the smaller seats will be choosing 2.5 elected reps! This does not reflect the true spirit of democracy.

First Past the Post is NOT the cause!

BN has said that the party that won the popular votes may not be the ruling party as we are implementing the "First Past the Post” system. I do not agree with that. The Reid Commission has proposed before that the difference between 2 seats cannot be more than 15%. This is to ensure the spirit of one man, one vote is implemented. As such, First Past the Post system has never been the cause. It is all due to the refusal of SPR to adhere to the proposal of 15% difference, thus causing the unfair delineation of constituencies and causing what happened in Perak now, having a 45% minority government.

The ball is now SPR's court. SPR can choose to redeem themselves and their credibility by having a fair and transparent redeliantion exercise, or they can choose to continue being mere puppets of BN. The people will see and the people will judge!

10 biggest state seats in Perak (average 36460)

10 smallest State seats in Perak(Average voters 14175)