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List of Tables and Charts Table 2.1 Percentage of Votes for Opposition Candidates, Parliament, 1995–2008 37 Table 2.2 The Malay, Chinese and Indian Vote for BN 38 Table 2.3 Results of Parliament Election, 2008 53 Table 2.4 Popular Votes and Seats Won by the BN 55 Table 3.1 Ethnic Voting Preference: Peninsular Malaysia, 1974–95 84 Table 3.2 Electoral Outcome by Constituency Type: Peninsular Malaysia, 1974–95 85 Table 3.3 Performance of BN in 1999 and 2004 General Elections by Constituency Type 87 Table 3.4 UMNO’s Performance in Malay-Majority Seats (Percentage), Selected States 89 Table 3.5 Ethnic Composition and Seats Won, Kuala Lumpur and Putra Jaya 93 Table 3.6 Votes Won by and Vote Swing for Opposition (%) by Ethnic Constituency Type, Kuala Lumpur 96 Table 3.7 DAP Victory Margin (Votes) in Cheras and Bukit Bintang 1986 to 2008 97 Table 3.8 Ethnic Composition and Seats Won, Selangor 105 Table 3.9 Performance of BN and PR in 2004 and 2008 General Elections by Constituency Type 106 Table 3.10 Votes Won by and Votes Swing for the Opposition (%) by Ethnic Constituency Type, Selangor 108 Charts: Proportion of Malay Voters for Each Seat Won by Political Parties 57 Proportion of Chinese Voters by Seats Won 58 Percentage of Registered Indian Voters by Seats Won 59 Malaysian Election 2008: Distribution of Seats Won in Each State Legislature 62 Results for Bachok, Kelantan 65 Results for Kota Lama 66 Kelantan Map with Parliamentary Outcomes 2008 68 viii List of Tables and Charts ...

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