Local election watchdog Mafrel - Malaysians for a Free and Fair Elections - wants a fresh general election to be held on grounds that Sunday's polls was one of the "most disorganised and problematic" general elections in the history of the nation.

As a public institution, the Election Commission (EC) has clearly failed to conduct a free and fair 11th general election, raising much doubt over the legitimacy of the newly-elected government, Mafrel chairperson Abdul Malek Hussin said in a press statement.

"Chair of the commission, Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, and the rest of the commissioners must resign, and the present electoral body be dismantled," he said.

In its stead, Malek said, a royal commission should be formed to assess what went wrong.

A new electoral body, seen as truly independent, could then be formed under the powers of the Yang Di Pertuan Agong, for fresh elections to be held, he added.

"The failure of Sunday's elections also raises a need to review once more the Malaysian electoral process so that it conforms with the changing times," said Abdul Malek.

In place of the current plurality system where "the winner takes all," Malek recommended that the country adopts the proportionate representational system which would avoid the present complications.

Sunday chaos

Meanwhile, Abdul Rashid today conceded to electoral foul ups, and himself called for an independent probe - such as a royal commission - into complaints that the agency had failed to discharge its duties and responsibilities fairly and with due care.

Opposition parties PAS, Keadilan and DAP have called for Abdul Rashid's resignation, as a first step in the direction of correcting the electoral fiasco.

On Sunday, chaos erupted in various constituencies when voters alleged that their names were not on the electoral roll, despite having voted in that constituency in the past.

Some also alleged that they had been transferred, without their knowledge, to other constituencies and even other states.

Nowhere was this more stark than in Gombak, Selangor, where polling agents alleged that "hundreds" of names were missing from the roll, and EC officers nowhere to be found.

Scores of others were caught out when they found that while their names were on the roll, they still could not vote as the EC failed to assign them to voting channels, a procedure ensuring voters can obtain a ballot at their polling stations.