Author/Authors :
Besar, Junaidi Awang Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Mat Jali, Mohd Fuad Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Ibrahim, Yahaya Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Lyndon, Novel Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Ismail, Khaidzir Hj. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Psikologi dan Pembangunan Manusia, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Awal, Noor Aziah Hj. Mohd Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Undang-Undang, Malaysia , Amir, Jeniri Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - Fakulti Sains Sosial - Jabatan Komunikasi, Malaysia , Sarok, Ahi Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - Fakulti Sains Sosial - Jabatan Politik dan Hubungan Antarabangsa, Malaysia , Fauzi, Rosmadi university of malaya - Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial - Jabatan Geografi, Malaysia , Ghazali, Amer Saifude university of malaya - Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial - Jabatan Geografi
Abstract :
In an election, each party would be best placed candidate to ensure they are elected by the voters. Instead, voters will have the criteria they will choose the candidates as well as political ideology professed by the candidate. Thus, whether a political party, Barisan Nasional (BN) and opposition parties make every effort to introduce their candidates through a campaign to explain the party s manifesto. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper to discuss the criteria for candidates and the party favored by the voters of Sarawak. Based on the study through field surveys done before the day of voting in 50 state constituencies (DUN), the findings show that a majority of the respondents chose candidates minded and friendly people followed by the personality of good leadership, honesty and trust and not corrupt. For political parties, they will choose the party who fought for transparency, justice, human rights and anticorruption, and that will bring about development and eradicating poverty. General Election Results Sarawak State Legislative Assembly shows the pattern of voting in 2011 Sarawak Malay / Melanau to survive with little increase in the Barisan Nasional (BN) but for the Chinese to show their support for increasing the opposition parties namely DAP and PKR while for the Dayak (Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulu) shows a slight decline of support for the BN. The state leadership and voters needs to be an important factor to a pattern of Sarawak state assembly polls in general election of 2011. Therefore, this article notes would reveal the party s candidate selection criteria and the pattern of ethnic voting in the Sarawak state assembly general election 2011.
Keywords :
crieria of candidates , elections , ethnicity , parties , personality , voting patterns
