Party Votes No. of seats Voters/seat
UMNO 3,241,286 88 36,831
PAS 1,633,389 21 77,780
PKR 2,254,328 30 75,144
DAP 1,736,267 38 45,691
'We have been told that UMNO has 3.2 million members. So how come it got only 3.2 million votes? Assuming all its members voted, then UMNO’s votes came from its own members. It can’t speak on behalf of the Malaysian people. It can’t even speak on behalf of the 7.8 million Malays who voted on the 5th May 2013 election...'
'...4.6 million Malays chose not to vote for UMNO. Unless 4.6million is smaller than 3.2million.'
'BN has more than 7 million members. It got only 5.24 million votes. 2 million BN members did not vote for BN. BN can’t even speak for the Malaysian people.
It is clear PR got more popular votes but that success is negated by gerrymandering and the uneven distribution of voters per seat. PR has to contest in bigger populated areas which could accommodate more parliamentary and state seats. UMNO and BN represent seats which have less voice than the seats represented by PR. 1 seat contested by PR is equivalent to 2 seats won by BN...'
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