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per cent of votes in 50 per cent of constituencies. Malaysia’s 16.58 per cent shows the
severity of malapportionment.
10 Lijphart 1984 uses ‘majoritarian democracy’; Lijphart 1999 uses ‘Westminster
democracy’.
11 e Civil Rights Committee (CRC) set up by Chinese organisations like the Selangor
Chinese Assembly Hall and Dong Jiao Zong rst mooted this idea in 1986 ( ock
1994).
12 Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party created GRCs to ensure minority
representation, but includes a woman in every slate.

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