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Unlike Australia the general election in Malaysia involves all candidates for both the state and federal seats in one election. After the election results were announced early in the hours following the Election day on March 8, both the ruling and opposition parties were caught by surprise by the swing in votes. The ruling Barisan National (BN) managed only to secure 51% of all votes casted which resulted in BN losing control in 5 states out of the 13 states that formed Malaysia (previously only 1 state was not BN controlled). The federally controlled capital, Kuala Lumpur, BN has only one successful candidate. The record turnout and big swing had prompted the new Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng, to respond, "Being a former prisoner, I did not expect to sit on the chief minister's chair. It is really a transformation and quite an expreience for me." Though post-modems are still being debated the issues of race, religion, inflation, rising crime rates, cronyism and corruption and incompetent leadership in BN are often offered as causes. Factor in the new generation of voters who are looking for change plus the rapid improvement in communication the old methods of intimidation, bribery and distorted communication no longer work. Churches played a significant role in promoting debates between potential parliamentarians and Sunday surmons, when read between the lines, clearly pointed the direction the flocks ought to cast their votes. Interestingly, this election had turned out the greatest number of Christian parliamentarians the nation had ever seen -- on both sides of the political divides. A transformation process is taking shape in Malaysia.

useful links:
MP Teresa Kok homepage
Malaysiakini -independent online media
Malaysia Today -a prince unabased view of his nation