In addition, it was argued that non-Malays were under-represented in Parliament and the Cabinet because of gerrymandering; mostly Malay rural Parliamentary constituencies outnumbered heterogeneous urban constituencies, despite the total population of urban constituencies exceeding that of rural ones.
The turnout for the constituencies involved exceeded 70%.
There were several reports of irregularities, including voter turnout figures in some constituencies that exceeded the numbers of eligible voters.
"However, the total votes in these constituencies do not exceed three million and consequently will not have any impact on the election".
The vast majority of properties in Buck's expensive central London constituency have rents that exceed the new housing benefit cap (£280 to £400 a week depending on the size of the property) and she fears that more and more people will be forced out to the already overcrowded outer boroughs.
Although this could include duplicate memberships, the number may easily exceed 1% of the constituency (3,000 members).
In 16 constituencies the number of ineligible votes exceeded the winning candidate's majority.Voters were supposed to put their crosses in two different columns one for a constituency candidate, the other for a regional party list vote but many put both crosses in one column.
(One exceptional example was the difference, during the British general election of 2001, between the constituency of the Western Isles in Scotland, which contained an electorate of fewer than 25,000 people, and the constituency of the Isle of Wight, whose electorate exceeded 100,000).
It ordered the recount of votes in 22 of the country's 291 constituencies to see if any of the tallies exceed the number of registered voters, one of the complaints from Mr. Odinga's team.
That exceeded his support among traditional Democratic Party constituencies like Hispanics (71%) and women (55%).
