Malaysia state polls: Young voters could send Anwar a wake-up call

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The 6.9 million mostly young new voters largely swung towards rival Perikatan Nasional at the November 2022 GE. Read more at straitstimes.com.

and mandated automatic voter registration was hailed as one of the biggest democratic reforms in recent history.

The move was led by then Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Rahman under the Pakatan Harapan administration, which, at the 2018 election, overthrew the Umno-led Barisan Nasional that had ruled for 61 years.Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month

 

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