Proccess to redelineate Sabah constituencies to begin next year, sunday, 6th December, 2015

By TEOH PEI YING | New Straits Times – 1 hour 27 minutes ago

PORT DICKSON: The process of the redelineation of electoral constituencies will begin in Sabah next year, followed by states in the peninsula.

Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the commission would submit a proposal to the Sabah government next year.
“We will carry out the redelineation exercise in Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia. In our planning, we will start with Sabah.
“The notice will be issued beginning next year, as the redelineation process is complicated,” he said after the launch of the EC caravan unit at Kampung Orang Asli Bukit Kepong, here today.

Aziz said the redelineation in Sabah and the peninsula would not take place simultaneously.

“The EC will select the most suitable method for us to conduct the exercise.
“We learnt a lot during the Sarawak redelineation exercise, and we will use that experience for Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia.”
He said based on the experience in Sarawak, it would take about a year to complete the process.
Last Tuesday, it was reported that the EC was studying the redelineation of constituencies in Sabah.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said had said in Parliament that data on development, population growth and the number of voters had to be compiled first.

Last Wednesday, Parliament had approved the addition of 11 state constituencies in Sarawak.

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