Merdeka centre urged to be more responsible
BernamaPublished: Aug 14, 2013 11:44 PM | Updated: Aug 14, 2013 11:52 PM
The MIC has urged the Merdeka Centre to be more responsible and accurate in its study of the voting pattern.
MIC's S Subramaniam says the study undertaken by Merdeka Centre was flawed and aimed at creating a wrong impression to the general public.
The MIC has urged the Merdeka Centre to be more responsible and accurate in its study of the voting pattern.
Its deputy president Dr S Subramaniam (left) said the study undertaken by Merdeka Centre, an opinion research firm, was flawed and aimed at creating a wrong impression to the general public.
He said even PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli appeared to have bought the 'flawed' findings.
"The recent analysis carried out by Merdeka Centre, which first appeared on a news portal (The Malaysian Insider) is a blatant lie," he said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.
The Merdeka Centre study showed that two MIC cabinet ministers, Subramaniam (Segamat, Johor) and G Palanivel (Cameron Highlands, Pahang) would have lost their parliamentary seats without advance and postal voting.
Subramaniam and Palanivel (right) are the health and natural resources and environment ministers, respectively.
The report also highlighted that several seats in Johor and the Federal Territory would have also fallen to Pakatan Rakyat, and BN won 22 parliamentary seats with the help of additional postal and early votes.
To this, Subramaniam responded that the total registered voters in the Segamat parliamentary constituency for the 13th general election (GE13) were 47,009.
He said voter turnout was one of the highest in the history, with 39,807 (84.9 percent) casting their votes in Segamat.
He said he garnered 20,037 votes, a majority of 1,217 votes against PKR's Chua Jui Meng.
"Ordinary votes represent for 99.26 percent of my total votes and the remaining of 0.74 percent or 347 votes were postal and advanced vote combined.
"So, with 1,217 majority votes, do your math. It is crystal clear that BN won Segamat with comfortable majority with ordinary voters, and not because of early voters or advance voters as claimed by the Merdeka Centre."
As a research centre, Subramaniam hoped the Merdeka Centre would be more careful in not publishing “wishy washy” figures, just to hoodwink the people.
- Bernama
Its deputy president Dr S Subramaniam (left) said the study undertaken by Merdeka Centre, an opinion research firm, was flawed and aimed at creating a wrong impression to the general public.He said even PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli appeared to have bought the 'flawed' findings.
"The recent analysis carried out by Merdeka Centre, which first appeared on a news portal (The Malaysian Insider) is a blatant lie," he said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.
The Merdeka Centre study showed that two MIC cabinet ministers, Subramaniam (Segamat, Johor) and G Palanivel (Cameron Highlands, Pahang) would have lost their parliamentary seats without advance and postal voting.
Subramaniam and Palanivel (right) are the health and natural resources and environment ministers, respectively.The report also highlighted that several seats in Johor and the Federal Territory would have also fallen to Pakatan Rakyat, and BN won 22 parliamentary seats with the help of additional postal and early votes.
To this, Subramaniam responded that the total registered voters in the Segamat parliamentary constituency for the 13th general election (GE13) were 47,009.
He said voter turnout was one of the highest in the history, with 39,807 (84.9 percent) casting their votes in Segamat.
He said he garnered 20,037 votes, a majority of 1,217 votes against PKR's Chua Jui Meng.
"Ordinary votes represent for 99.26 percent of my total votes and the remaining of 0.74 percent or 347 votes were postal and advanced vote combined.
"So, with 1,217 majority votes, do your math. It is crystal clear that BN won Segamat with comfortable majority with ordinary voters, and not because of early voters or advance voters as claimed by the Merdeka Centre."
As a research centre, Subramaniam hoped the Merdeka Centre would be more careful in not publishing “wishy washy” figures, just to hoodwink the people.
- Bernama
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