CLICK TO ENLARGEThe Star’s analysis of the 222 parliamentary seats for the 2022 election data showed that 86 seats had over 100,000 voters. That being the case, especially with 22.06 million voters registered with the Election Com­mission (EC) as of December 2025, should more seats be created through a redelineation exercise? “Another example is the Tuaran seat in Sabah, the area is said to be five times larger than the state of Perlis, which has three parliamentary seats. Come March 9, it would be eight years since the last redelineation of electoral boundaries for Peninsular Malaysia. When contacted, EC deputy chairman Dr Azmi Sharom said that while an eight-year period establishes the earliest start date for the exercise, it does not mandate that the exercise must commence then.

Source: The Star February 23, 2026 00:28 UTC