Kajang DUN is one weird shape

Here is an electoral map with Kajang and the surrounding DUNs.

The shape of DUN Kajang is really a weird one. It is only natural that one would suspect this is the result of Gerrymandering.

Maybe someone with better insight on Kajang could enlighten others.

DUN Kajang P101/N25

Here is a map showing location of DUN Kajang P101/N25.

As you can see it's location  is a short distance from Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

Tools

Tools used in this project are all OpenSource softwares. We encourage the use of these softwares as much as possible for this project to maintain compatibility when sharing the files.

They are good alternative to their commercial counterpart.

QGIS - Geographical Information System
This is the main software in this project. It is an advance GIS software and it is free. Create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD (Android coming soon)

GIMP - Graphic Software / comparable to Adobe Photoshop
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

LibreOffice - Office Software / comparable to MS Office
LibreOffice is one of the friendliest and fastest growing projects in the free and open source software world. They commit themselves to produce truly great and free software.

GoogleDocs / an online office software
Google Docs is a freeware web-based office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service with 15GB of cloud storage. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users live.

Box / another online cloud storage
Box Inc. is an online file sharing and cloud content management service for businesses. The company adopted a freemium business model, and provides up to 10 GB of free storage for personal accounts

Ubuntu - Operating System / an alternative to MS Windows
Fast, secure and stylishly simple, the Ubuntu operating system is used by 20 million people worldwide every day.

Maps Digitizing Progress

As you can see from this progress table, we still have a long way to go. Any assistance speed up this work is much appreciated.

Bantah Persempadanan Yang Tidak Adil

Bahasa Melayu - Siapa boleh bantah persempadanan tidak adil?

Soalan
Dalam keadaan mana siasatan tempatan perlu diadakan bagi bantahan urusan persempadanan?

Jawapan
Mengikut Seksyen 7, Jadual ke-13 Perlembagaan Persekutuan siasatan tempatan perlu diadakan apabila bantahan diterima daripada:-

1. Kerajaan Negeri
2. Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan
3. Tidak kurang daripada 100 orang pemilih berdaftar dalam Bahagian Pilihan Raya berkenaan

English Version - Who can object to unfair delimitation?

Question

Who can make representations on matters of Delineation of Constituencies?

Answer

According to Schedule 13 of the Federal Constitution, the parties entitled to make representations (make objection/give feedback) during the course of the delineation are:-

1. The State Government
2. Local Authorities
3. Not less than 100 registered Electors in the affected constituency.

Digitizing Malaysia's Electoral Maps

Inviting concern Malaysian citizens to help complete this task as soon as possible.

Digitizing electoral map simply means converting printed SPR's black and white electoral maps into digital soft copies.

A group of Malaysian citizens are already working on digitizing the current SPR's maps. So far we have completed Selangor's electoral map. Below is the result and you can see an online version at this link Persempadanan/Selangor.

The aim is to make these electronic maps accessible by all for study purpose.

Hopefully when more eyes are looking, we could spot gerrymandering or apportionment problems in Malaysian Electoral maps, and help to correct them and counter propose to SPR.

On this blog, we try to provided information about how we digitize the Selangor electoral maps.

We hope volunteers and concern citizens from other states could use these tools and tutorial to digitized the electoral maps of the own/other states. And help spread the information to others so that we can all learn about how delimitation effect election results and our rights.

Currently SPR have started their delimitation work. If you plan to object to any bias delimitation in SPR's proposal, than working on a printable map in soft copy is an efficient way. It is easier to make changes to the map and print a counter proposal.

Should you have any inquiry about this voluntary project, please contact us using the contact form at the right panel.

We would also appreciate if you could the share the maps you have digitized with us, so that we could make it available for all to study.

Skills requirement: Simple computer knowledge.

Thanks you.