EC to review redelineation of electoral boundaries approved last year
Election Commission chairman Azhar Azizan Harun speaks to reporters in Putrajaya February 15, 2019. — Bernama pic
EC chairman Azhar Azizan Harun said it would also analyse the effects of the redelineation on aspects like the economy, racial diversity and voting trends. “That is why we are looking at it, we are studying the content, if it was fair or not, and then we will submit proposals to the Parliament,” he said after participating as a panellist in the ‘Report on the Round Table Discussion on the General Election Reformations’ programme at Parliament today.
Based on a report on the redelineation of electoral boundaries, the names of 12 parliamentary and 12 state legislative assembly constituencies were changed.
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