Editing Gerrymandering (section)

===Malaysia===
{{see also|List of Malaysian electoral districts}}
The practice of gerrymandering has been around in the country since its independence in 1957. The ruling coalition at that time, ''[[Barisan Nasional]]'' (BN; English: "National Front"), has been accused of controlling the election commission by revising the boundaries of constituencies. For example, during the [[2013 Malaysian general election|13th General Election in 2013]], Barisan Nasional won 60% of the seats in the [[Malaysian Parliament]] despite only receiving 47% of the popular vote.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 August 2014 |title=What's Malay for gerrymandering? |url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21611139-years-delineation-electoral-boundaries-will-determine-future-malaysian-politics-whats |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230310004837/https://www.economist.com/asia/2014/08/09/whats-malay-for-gerrymandering |archive-date=10 March 2023 |access-date=9 November 2014 |newspaper=The Economist |location=Kuala Lumpur}}</ref> Malapportionment has also been used at least since 1974, when it was observed that in one state alone (Perak), the parliamentary constituency with the most voters had more than ten times as many voters as the one with the fewest voters.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ong |first=Kiang Ming |date=19 July 2013 |title=Malaysia among the most malapportioned countries in the world |url=https://dapmalaysia.org/english/2013/jul13/bul/bul5557.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702171727/http://ongkianming.com/2013/07/19/press-statement-malaysia-among-the-most-malapportioned-countries-in-the-world/ |archive-date=2 July 2017 |access-date=19 February 2016}}</ref> These practices finally failed BN in the [[2018 Malaysian general election|14th General Election]] on 9 May 2018, when the opposing ''[[Pakatan Harapan]]'' (PH; English: "Alliance of Hope") won despite perceived efforts of gerrymandering and malapportionment from the incumbent.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Tara Francis |date=10 May 2018 |title=In a historic election, Malaysia's allegedly corrupt prime minister lost to his 92-year-old former mentor who ran on behalf of a man he put in jail |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/malaysia-election-results-details-who-won-2018-5 |access-date=10 May 2018 |work=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>