Oddities in Old IC Numbers (ICLama)

A voter's old IC number should be a 6- to 7-digit number, such as 7654321, and sometimes prefixed by an alphabet, such as, A1234567. But odd numbers lurk around ...

SPR needs to go through its electoral roll to filter out a small number of inconsistencies and errors in voters' old IC numbers. The data and tables below are based on the electoral roll gazetted on 2008 Feb 8 (the one used in GE12).

Although ICLama (old IC number) is less important than the new IC, these inconsistencies could indicate other errors such as input procedure, checking, updating, training, or other problems. However, the errors may have originated from the IC department.

• Table A: Some oddities are subtle, like an alphabet at the end of ICLama.


• Table B: Some ICLama are obvious errors, like "KG" and "JALAN...".


• Table C: Other obvious errors include having a "+" at the end of ICLama.


• Table D: There are other mundane inconsistencies, such as input of the text "NULL" (not just computer-specific NULL value) in the place of ICLama.


• Table E: There are also ICLama shorter than 7 digits.

About Table A - Old ICs (ICLama) ending in an alphabet

• There are only 5 cases of these errors out of over 10 million voters.
• These exclude cases from Tables B (nonsense text), C (+), and D (NULL).
  
• The case of old IC 2320937I is especially subtle, since the ending "i" looks like "1" (one).


• You can confirm this problem by looking up these voters on SPR's voter verification page. Our data are from the 2008 Feb 5 gazetted set..
• We have left out voter names (Nama) to avoid unnecessarily exposing voters' privacy. But we display the Kodlokaliti and NoSiri to further help you confirm these cases if you are using SPR-published Access file or hard copies.
• NoSiri is a temporary number assigned to a voter, according to his or her listing order within the voting district, and runs from 1 to a few thousands. Within a DM (voting district, daerah mengundi), a voter is arranged by new IC number, and then assign a NoSiri. NoSiri will change for each edition of electoral roll, because a new registrant, eg, may have an IC that queues before other voters.
  

Table A: Old IC (ICLama) Ending in alphabets

Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama
1614602001	1	170805715217	2042321H
1502303003	125	370810085092	2181131F
1604503001	313	490603025122	2231047E
0122108006	57	290919015354	2320937I
1741905002	347	501026086099	4013516H
1614617016	784	600310015128	5872428A

About Table B: Obvious Text Error in Old IC

• We found only 8 cases out of over 10 mil voters where the old ICs are input with non-sense text, such as "6NULL" or "JALANMAH".
• You can confirm this problem through SPR's voter verification Web page.

Table B: Old IC (ICLama) input with non-sense text and alphabet ending

Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama
0632318002	919	781008085390	0890NULL
0282911001	1497	830808035816	1NULL
1323301015	2874	781221055107	4NULL
0724601013	1238	841019086606	6NULL
0361611005	1047	640911115032	JALANMAH
0371906003	1700	781116115542	JALANMAR
1340404016	310	450616045177	KAMPUNGD
0371706002	868	680130115079	KG

About Table C: Old ICs ending in "+"

• We found 113 cases of old ICs ending in "+" (plus sign) in the 2008 Feb 5 electoral roll.
• You can confirm this problem through SPR's voter verification Web page, but you need to input the new IC number, because SPR's Web page will not accept any input of old IC number ending in "+" (a non-alphaneumeric character).
• We have left out voter name (Nama) to avoid unnecessarily exposing voters' privacy. But we display the Kodlokaliti and NoSiri to help you confirm these cases using SPR-published Access file or hard copies.

Table C: Old ICs (ICLama) ending in "+"

Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama		Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama
0663111006	280	440901085400	0361281+		0734815008	643	610102087679	6139789+
0704211001	394	490102086277	1043772+		0241805002	554	610507035420	6169023+
0272701001	344	571030035351	1126354+		0152718001	907	610630025447	6218905+
1333601019	59	320703045073	1630889+		0010401009	932	610813095149	6241647+
1312612012	280	491224045339	1997639+		1094310022	418	610807105304	6269981+
0173410014	263	490508045571	2274329+		0841803003	751	611115075655	6306106+
1210003023	297	460126045317	2278812+		0392608006	1379	620115115340	6392502+
1333508004	222	450530055091	2494082+		0852309001	1511	620212065349	6407932+
1140014014	219	390422065100	2867160+		0992010003	1125	620222085431	6732283+
0010203006	62	340418095037	2942516+		0163123002	248	620327025398	6760676+
0330205009	1144	751225115157	3192780+		0382405001	451	620605115204	6785005+
0183511001	208	510703025395	3937996+		0652803027	1116	620701086730	6838028+
0372010003	383	501006035315	4211767+		1361203005	696	620403025913	6887736+
0961103001	239	510927105781	4244806+		0231505002	1099	620701035300	7023035+
0461804052	350	520302026281	4286013+		0663201023	2888	630318086390	7047932+
1302305008	1043	541018055168	4668643+		1280909008	1238	610218105699	7097156+
1104601038	718	550328085455	4776820+		1400205043	589	630718016105	7101527+
1340307009	530	550912045567	4838963+		0601706010	622	630725086099	7105432+
0183520011	203	551203075290	4888448+		0790507009	676	631006065499	7112289+
1645418005	730	560205016037	4952403+		0183511002	927	630717025026	7121760+
1302404005	993	560730016166	5038690+		1073704029	394	630713106195	7133051+
1150015003	1053	561217085894	5072373+		0940715018	189	621130107730	7135015+
0330308006	337	570209115349	5082738+		1604502001	1250	631116015150	7154354+
1512609080	521	570430015806	5161848+		0183516003	607	631020025370	7162424+
0142513001	770	560509075781	5163084+		0173418002	287	630911025214	7163839+
0430706047	767	570101075672	5163098+		0142509002	1010	630820025980	7202326+
0231507006	465	570511036369	5172853+		1312610001	350	631205055760	7207079+
1281204002	728	570503017213	5209012+		0513404004	1803	640125075432	7215756+
0790308001	128	571218065384	5303688+		0601810006	1494	640416085278	7301125+
1604514003	2071	571109016153	5325301+		1410401041	1491	640727015189	7314177+
1280909008	992	580402106507	5334356+		0724704003	463	640509086755	7356134+
0091205001	433	580223025787	5347535+		1104803011	1240	640530107602	7358632+
0392607003	581	571006115167	5375330+		1502307039	1142	640810015569	7363380+
1291810011	547	570220055877	5389787+		0183520004	422	640624025069	7367261+
1043106013	1322	571027085956	5409821+		1043114076	1563	641018086114	7384048+
1220003002	1752	580804025363	5417021+		0591305003	1901	640728055086	7384598+
0183520016	225	561219085396	5466254+		0745010001	854	631215085488	7393408+
0755420001	233	580312106095	5486962+		0790503007	416	640615065536	7397099+
0903804003	938	581219106589	5493418+		0231503007	813	640805115258	7425498+
1125315030	811	571122055165	5517090+		1104804008	840	641013055116	7430074+
1302404004	1276	581110055589	5517747+		1043106019	1871	640926025240	7449641+
1180007026	932	581217106921	5571984+		1281010010	1013	640926055407	7496777+
0632309004	1266	571018106188	5578100+		1104704023	646	460610105238	7626690+
0745006029	1184	590518085241	5655385+		1150023017	118	361120715224	8036526+
0821302006	275	590726055135	5676494+		1012315038	386	540916715282	8149667+
0540203005	477	590526085823	5684244+		1114908024	640	561206105204	8245507+
0272607012	927	580806035020	5726633+		1302006005	248	541103055082	8316367+
1115003033	925	590812105370	5744174+		0981606015	2159	770525715035	8442755+
0451506046	1250	590904075543	5751824+		0811103001	1055	731123065090	A270377+
0231510001	469	591015035386	5764026+		2206710020	147	680705135602	K264217+
1312703003	282	591025085264	5804462+		1940805006	296	730905135722	K331923+
0101613008	1123	600202025388	5889253+		2196502006	519	740808135703	K429516+
0200708001	576	600420035779	5916613+		2155407010	509	570414135648	K662747+
0862402001	366	600730065295	5964282+		1920101006	113	590630135931	K760253+
1512608039	1225	600711015807	5975281+		1920104004	142	590811135981	K796879+
0293310001	535	610103035723	6054016+		2114609014	290	620603136415	K802843+
1302301018	1004	591017085766	6067786+

About Table D: Inconsistent input of the text "NULL" in old IC (ICLama)

• There were 29 voters with ICLama text value of "NULL"


• Normally, where ICLama value is not available, ICLama info for a voter in SPR's database is left blank. Further, a database may store a special data type or value called "NULL" meaning "nothing." But in these 29 cases, SPR staff appear to have actually input "NULL" as a text string into the data base.


• You can confirm this problem through SPR's voter verification Web page.

Table D: "NULL" in place of Old IC number (ICLama)

Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama
1731703001	2644	780922125484	NULL
1711305001	2261	740920125720	NULL
1752104002	2155	800630125445	NULL
1731803003	2305	810928125180	NULL
1731701001	1726	780205125123	NULL
1711206001	494	620718125636	NULL
1752104002	2166	801212125084	NULL
1731707005	2005	790804125124	NULL
2022604008	58	450122135113	NULL
2022603020	58	451231506555	NULL
1711305001	1455	641105125573	NULL
1731801001	2292	791204125790	NULL
1864602003	1885	700320125769	NULL
1711305001	2405	760806125702	NULL
1711208008	1369	790514125812	NULL
1752104002	2149	800412126255	NULL
1895305003	934	630825125390	NULL
1731801001	2364	810223125746	NULL
1711203005	954	601218125695	NULL
1731703001	2693	790831125568	NULL
1711305001	2116	721016125107	NULL
1711305001	1998	710522125785	NULL
1752103002	2509	791218125177	NULL
1711305001	2315	750625125211	NULL
1711305001	1161	610917125354	NULL
1711305001	2647	801204125104	NULL
1711305001	1899	700310125073	NULL
1731803001	2289	810324125251	NULL
1660004001	456	751210125889	NULL

About Table E: Old IC Numbers (ICLama) shorter than 7 characters

• The old IC numbers should have 7-digits, sometimes prefixed by an alphabet, such as A, H, R, T, etc, such as A1234567. Many early civilian ICs only have 7 digits, without a preceding alphabet, such as 7654321. Sometimes, a number that start with 0 (zero) can be truncated, giving rise to say T0123456 > T123456. This can cause duplicate registration problem, which we will discuss later. In any case, any ICLama shorter than 7 characters (including alphabet) indicate possible errors.
  


• We found 176 cases of Old IC numbers having fewer than or 6 characters.
• These exclude cases from Tables A (ending in alphabet), B (nonsense text), C (+), and D (NULL). If we include those cases, there are 213 Old IC numbers having fewer than or 6 characters.
  


• You can confirm this problem through SPR's voter verification Web page, searching for either the new or old ICs.
• We have left out voter name (Nama) to reduce the exposure of voters' privacy. But we display the Kodlokaliti and NoSiri to help you confirm these cases if you are using SPR-published Access file or hard copy electoral rolls.

Table E: Old IC Numbers (ICLama) shorter than 7 characters

Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama		Kodlokaliti	NoSiri	IC	ICLama
0403208004	433	590812115317	100642		0591410004	773	590819085254	568421
1392501028	500	600622106707	108093		0704015002	283	590716016159	580230
0940605026	554	500325055431	111638		0482204038	1314	591109025445	584166
1084107008	1480	671122035269	114698		0441106003	338	500622086103	58967
0371807020	519	490208045537	12023		0183608001	401	511204025715	59709
1073908192	19	390513085385	12192		1302003008	757	510920055785	60389
1392405009	1124	670227055261	127413		0560513005	244	560331086351	6050
1635213008	2512	144864	144864		2022601023	126	500609135791	60558
0591313001	7	220829075058	147261		0940705004	301	490501106319	6172
0540209003	1475	850428085115	156425		0683603001	169	550726086250	63552
1063614025	1024	461024105221	200442		0591510002	233	460501085423	640122
1084020008	47	481229075159	200738		0282908001	483	541108035451	65244
1210001051	1467	490122715077	200873		0893409013	214	480715055167	6607
0632411003	162	411022085655	25773		0745108001	72	480523085678	666168
0831506005	111	440518115160	269928		0040207001	566	581008025885	67325
2114604005	503	720924135729	280284		0704214004	143	370821085071	69
0940707008	206	391018055079	2955		0601608003	44	420701085061	701415
0714402039	153	360313025057	30308		0523601002	472	480924075527	70472
0523507017	261	391011075157	30356		1022601177	881	540204105523	705003
1043215050	70	420512085513	30684		0581207008	550	581007086651	70605
0883106010	896	570806086523	30810		0523506020	698	707166	707166
0821206005	49	390531065011	31248		0653001009	1319	550209086105	707467
0745110004	67	410516085677	31329		0430705014	801	580820086553	707864
0410209001	190	401226075265	31453		1022612085	451	600320107093	707938
0632411003	154	410805045073	31616		1371601001	992	590517016201	708054
1125112036	71	440407085691	31656		1302404004	1359	590706045431	708064
0632410006	150	391211085229	32013		0841907021	1004	600617075627	709649
0642507005	452	380618085219	3254		1053408067	1568	611226075121	710858
1270709001	1442	781229105105	373163		0101501006	833	601025055723	711676
1115011018	80	420226085395	3950		0981808031	1272	601031015437	713039
1170004007	255	410629055001	400857		0303602002	359	610822035033	713284
1844208008	770	620703665015	402143		1084002010	56	600421086041	713356
0632413002	180	410309055109	40817		0152716002	1051	660326026379	715347
0981814019	446	491116016127	410892		0091405002	535	681117025671	715375
1655511005	444	451101015723	41177		1084002027	201	700114106231	715839
0632411003	261	450825045229	41382		0152709003	850	701125025079	717532
1094303001	795	630619106674	415850		1915906002	2142	740711125939	718564
1502410007	199	451012015393	41859		0060504009	468	590101026529	72710
1915803006	266	430710125431	42050		1991903013	65	431204135375	78279
1291707006	341	520120055487	423118		2022706024	240	461212135735	78298
1915905003	359	470320125213	42811		2227021001	25	430820135411	78309
1885010007	39	470220125339	42860		2032817001	8	370502135035	78746
2124902006	410	400917135285	43184		2012303009	99	470608135605	78805
2022702017	396	451231136187	43440		2124703004	84	460519135495	78868
2022604014	228	461231505623	43441		2022706003	199	440310135461	78953
2155504003	54	451231136101	43531		0745108002	182	540709016171	806512
2165702002	76	461231505535	43565		0745108002	366	580118015659	806703
2022705012	67	441201135555	43689		0745113010	469	580813035619	807640
2063505019	27	440308135649	43715		0745008006	1685	620414087087	809554
2216802005	85	420101715517	43991		0122209006	451	591216025897	809804
2227105002	56	450612135597	45097		0800608005	448	630221086335	811320
2032819002	74	470101135913	45110		1400106001	210	610729015951	811379
2083908009	293	450920135337	45145		1302101017	1756	600506106849	811500
0560708004	188	470827075147	453531		0745008005	1794	630414055543	812000
2094203001	93	480114135225	45579		0745108002	1117	661124095143	814059
2063505016	48	470216135227	45599		0471903018	953	641104086559	814913
0981710026	786	540602105959	460039		1451402001	773	550904015587	822415
1410401025	483	480913015975	46411		1930306001	682	790509135485	824531
1782805006	308	500304125605	47599		0330107010	1657	801221035099	827137
1961203002	210	441025135379	4767		0632410006	121	380514025107	8528
1670301001	205	500306125609	47872		1361405007	367	510412045513	8989
2022703001	275	490404135679	48117		0601715004	155	460427125003	929332
2124701013	147	500603135547	48175		1312606007	521	550527055355	932001
2135111001	162	481228135295	48315		1864506003	264	481001016101	95648
2216803007	127	480309135313	48593		1813502006	321	530220125699	95670
2022701004	301	470321135675	48721		1451307026	724	650313015903	A64964
0081116001	229	481126025685	49061		1094308085	1334	650422105617	A86853
1420508001	107	500409045361	49117		1905504004	1578	670705125907	H04865
1635111006	308	490309055195	49560		2002103008	137	610115135166	K03304
0914204003	343	480511015753	49828		2002102003	636	630618135844	K16652
1312801003	247	480527045439	49855		2176009002	275	590128135055	K22956
0461705003	602	521025025153	502135		2043224003	226	620825135178	K24142
0533802016	648	500805075693	50488		2002104004	83	610610135825	K28120
0550405004	131	490816065267	50494		2022701005	961	640927135556	K34235
0503001029	366	461018086255	50509		2002102001	535	600505136421	K38068
0940603007	185	461013105699	52154		1991903002	458	630902135622	K42177
1333508004	263	490616055419	52636		1981705016	151	750528135521	K44843
0632411003	313	461205086517	52879		1803308002	161	460502125389	K47086
0330202005	245	490715115333	52927		2022501005	96	600725135316	K50119
0152714006	1207	641208075571	531044		2032901001	209	610103135783	K5771
0262404001	878	670321035523	533128		2186103001	230	600802135062	K59689
0591301011	1816	680101365853	533647		2012302004	445	610101135122	K59890
0961218042	796	800602145895	536932		2206702012	48	600202136256	K62800
0252204001	195	490805035425	53852		2114506001	1583	651217135408	K73537
0745110013	1197	610409106002	550043		2032904006	271	650105135628	K78999
1392706021	475	470429045401	55643		2124703007	294	620804135531	K84417
0673504009	291	490905086641	56360		2176003001	758	740403135115	K92982
0392605002	321	500311035229	56428		0350906006	278	500925045595	M55986

Source: SPR and MALVU analysis.
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An intro to SPR's electoral roll data table

How is SPR's electoral roll organized?

SPR distributes the electoral roll that changes roughly every quarter for a total charge of about RM44,000 (0.4 sen per voter name). The data can be obtained in these formats: Hard copy, PDF softcopy, or MS Access database files.

The PDF and hard copies are arranged in a printer-friendly "report" - essentially smartly-designed output from the database. The data in the PDF and hard copy format are split into parliamentary constituencies, then state assembly seats (DUN), then voting districts (Daerah Mengundi, DM). Within each DM the voters (up to a few thousand) are assigned their temporary NoSiri, from the lowest to the highest IC number within that DM.

PDF file structure
Parliamentary seat
	DUN seat
		DM or Daerah Mengundi
			Voters by NoSiri (new IC)

The MS Access formatted data file is a large flat table of data, comprising 17 columns of data, and as many rows as there are voters. Instead of one big file of 10.9 million voters, the data are usually split into individual files for each state or federal territory. This blog entry discusses the outline of this flat table.

This is a screenshot of the 17-column flat data table. This view was created in a program called phpMyAdmin, but any other database interface programs will have a similar outline.











SPR's electoral roll data gazetted for 2008 Feb 5 contains 10,922,139 rows or records, or number of voters. Presented in the MS Access database format, it has 17 fields (columns) of information per voter. The 17 fields are shown below, with MALVU's explanation.

Table: SPR Electoral Rolls Contains 17 Columns of Voter Data

FIELD NAME	DATA TYPE	MALVU EXPLANATION
NoSiri	Number Long Integer	Serial no. for voter within DM, for this database report
IC	Text 12	National identification number
ICLama	Text 12	old IC
Nama	Text 50	Voter name
NamaSpouse	Text 50	Spouse name, mostly blank
ICSpouse	Text 50	Spouse IC, mostly blank
NoRumah	Text 50	House number, within localiti
Jantina	Text 50	Gender, L for male or P for female
Kodlokaliti	Text 50	10-digit locality code: PPPSSDDLLL PPP for parliamentary code, eg, 049 SS for state assembly code, or DUN code, eg, 14 DD for polling district code, or DM code, eg, 05 LLL for locality code, eg, 007
NamaLokaliti	Text 50	Name of locality
NamaParlimen	Text 50	Name of parliamentary constituency
NamaDM	Text 50	Name of polling district (Daerah Mengundi)
NamaDUN	Text 50	Name of state assembly seat (Dewan Undangan Negeri)
Negeri	Text 50	Name of state
Tahunlahir	Text 4	Year of Birth
TM	Text 250	Polling center (Tempat Mengundi), usually a school address
Saluran	Number Decimal	Polling stream, usually a room in a school

Further comments:

• NoSiri is a temporary number assigned to each voter, according to his or her listing order within the voting district (daerah mengundi, DM), for a particular update of the database. It runs from 1 to a few thousands. Within each DM, voters are arranged from the lowest to the highest new IC number, and then each is assigned a NoSiri. NoSiri will change for each edition of electoral roll, because a new registrant, eg, may have an IC that is inserted anywhere within the DM list.


• IC, or the new IC number, is always 12-digit in length, and is the most important column.
• SPR has apparently made IC a "unique key," which in database parlance, means there can be only one occurrence of any IC. SPR's database program probably ensures that duplicate "exact" IC input cannot be accepted.
  
• The IC column cannot contain NULL or blank value. SPR has apparently programmed its database to always have a 12-digit number under the IC field.
  
• Our guess is that around mid-2007 or whereabout, SPR had gone through a "cleaning" campaign to eliminate all voters without new IC number, for reason of incomplete data ( Penandaan Pemotongan - Pengenalan Diri Tidak Lengkap, or MALVU code 31)


• Duplicate IC? There is a persistent question by election monitoring NGOs: If we searched the entire nation's voter database, will we find one voter registered in 2 places? IC is the most natural search criteria because of its uniqueness.
• We have searched the entire 10.9 million+ country-wide electoral roll of 2008 Feb 5, and found zero duplicate "exact" IC.
  
• However, the electoral roll does contain at least 770 sets of "twin" or similar ICs, which we will cover later in another blog entry. An example is the co-existence of something like T0123456 and T123456.
  
• This means any duplicate registration of voters - if there is any - will have to be done through different or variations of IC numbers.


• Objection, possible duplicate from delayed gazzette? How does SPR handle duplicity that can arise from delayed-gazette of some constituencies? To illustrate this problem, consider this. Say IC#123456789012 has moved out of parliamentary seat P049 and into P048 (a few kms away) during 2007q4. However, P049-2007q4 roll was disputed and not gazetted in 20080205 roll; P049-2007q3 was gazetted instead. Now potentially we have this voter listed in P049-2007q3 and P048-2007q4, both gazetted for electoral roll 20080205. It seems SPR's solution is to delete IC#123456789012 from one of the quarter roll, before merging it into the gazetted 20080205 roll, to avoid duplicate. We will cover this topic in another blog entry.


• ICLama, or old IC Number is less important but helps confirm identity. It can be left blank.
• There are a number of errors and inconsistencies in ICLama, which we will list in the next blog entry on old IC numbers.


• Nama is the data field / column for input of voter name. There is some inconsistencies in SPR input format (or perhaps it was NRIC department input) such that Malay middle name variations such as BIN, B, BN., BINTI, BT, BINTE, BTE., etc do give rise to some duplicate registrations. We will cover this topic in another blog entry later.

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Phantom Army Camp and Out-and-In Army Voters

Abandoned army camp in Penang housed 473 phantom voters, who floated out and in during the same quarter ...

Once upon a time, there was a deserted army camp on an island. Island lores had it that 473 phantoms had taken up residence in the camp. Yes, it was recorded in the government scroll.

Mysteriously, during the last northeast monsoon season, 312 of these phantoms floated out of the camp, and just as mysteriously, the same 312 ICs and names floated back into this same camp - all during the 4th quarter of 2007 ...

After the monsoon season, few phantom voters were seen to have moved out (2008q1). Today, local folks will swear by the belief that phantoms continue to linger in the eerie halls of the forsaken camp, where the only sign of life is rodents crawling out of its looted compound ... Perhaps the drug addicts who ransacked the officer mess and dark corridors had run into the spirits, but their lips are sealed ...

Table 1 Background: 473 Phantom Voters

• This abandoned army camp site is known on the electoral roll as locality code 049/26/05/400 or PULAU PINANG state, TANJONG (p049) parliamentary constituency, PADANG KOTA state assembly seat (26), WELLESLEY SCHOOL voting district (DM 05), and MARKAS 2 DIV JLN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH locality (400).
  


• 049/26/05/400 is the army camp pictured above. Wikimapia.org satellite map is here.
  


• GE2008, which took place on 2008 Mar 8, made use of electoral rolls that were gazetted on 2008 Feb 5, using data mostly updated to 2007q4 (2007 Dec 31).
  


• However in the specific case of this Tanjong parliamentary constituency (P049, which covers this army camp), the 2007q4 voter changes (2007 Oct 1 to Dec 31) were disputed by political parties, so the gazetted roll for 2008 Feb 5 included only voter changes for P049 up to 2007q3 (2007 Sep 30).


• Table 1 shows the 473 ICs registered at this location as of the electoral roll gazetted 2008 Feb 5, which was used in the 2008 Mar 8 general election. This means as of 2007q3, there were 473 registered voters at this location.
  


• In table 1, we have only listed the ICs and not the voter names, to minimize unnecessary exposure to the privacy of these (probably) real-person, though clearly non-resident, voters. You can confirm their names and registered location at SPR's voter verification Web site here or by checking SPR-issued MS Access-formatted electoral roll if you have a copy. You should get valid response as long as the SPR site continues to display the electoral roll gazetted on 2008 Feb 5.


• If you represent SPR, an election-monitoring NGO, political party, academician, or journalist with proper editorial and managerial control, you can email me at saengch at gmail dot com to request the detailed data. But I may need some introduction or endorsement from other reputable sources before I give out too much voter details.


• We also have a copy of the SPR-published PDF files for 2007q3 2007q4, and 2008q1 electoral changes for P049.
  

Table 1: 473 voters registered at abandoned army camp MARKAS 2 DIV JLN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH (049/26/05/400, gazetted 2008 Feb 5)

IC	IC	IC	IC	IC	IC	IC	IC
561225086002	710829085752	771011075856	T1078597	T1095394	T1114810	T1139127	T3009750
570101085088	710921045366	780506135536	T1078795	T1095435	T1116815	T1139526	T3009989
580209085230	711122035318	790419086376	T1078921	T1095457	T1117123	T1139531	T3010091
590615035414	720110045054	791012016442	T1079042	T1095577	T1117328	T1139947	T411736
600515016108	720124025740	791012095072	T1079044	T1095713	T1117344	T1139998	T411897
620508025004	720206025330	791017086204	T1080098	T1095911	T1117382	T1140181	T411967
620611086470	720320045474	791212115138	T1080754	T1095949	T1117527	T1140818	T5000793
630702055572	720401105002	791214025670	T1080858	T1096441	T1117821	T1142067	T5000921
631201075756	720416086086	800215025244	T1081020	T1096636	T1117928	T1142070	T5001324
640114075592	720430025204	811105136158	T1081075	T1097109	T1118610	T1142199	T5001513
640303075380	720502085784	811127015154	T1081294	T1097430	T1118974	T1142303	T5001962
640606115458	720516075480	T1066854	T1081555	T1097643	T1119044	T1142429	T5002385
651228105968	720811025304	T1067427	T1081699	T1097667	T1119084	T1144257	T5002596
660115045318	720817715410	T1067438	T1081929	T1097779	T1119521	T1148895	T5003031
660711025508	730102085928	T1067491	T1081944	T1097781	T1119616	T1151853	T5003204
660819025390	730104086430	T1068390	T1082059	T1098097	T1119722	T1151974	T5003205
660925025466	730310135168	T1069183	T1082104	T1098119	T1120504	T1152426	T5003218
660926085954	730312025106	T1069670	T1082217	T1098210	T1121371	T3000068	T5003228
661118025042	730312075656	T1070523	T1082604	T1098270	T1121432	T3000442	T5003360
661217025486	730322075158	T1070539	T1082757	T1098519	T1121684	T3000587	T5003365
670628085170	730405025404	T1071252	T1082767	T1098594	T1121737	T3000755	T5003549
680108025106	730811075618	T1071909	T1082967	T1098741	T1121767	T3001277	T5003694
680108075402	740124025060	T1072146	T1083635	T1099747	T1122147	T3001458	T5004074
680301086736	740320075284	T1072209	T1083827	T1100081	T1122148	T3001809	T5004320
680307015496	740321026206	T1072628	T1084098	T1100214	T1122386	T3001934	T5004394
680331085232	740602085632	T1073032	T1084511	T1100881	T1122924	T3002209	T5004696
680404025514	740617085934	T1073274	T1084570	T1101166	T1123125	T3002277	T532915
680607075124	740628025400	T1073360	T1084895	T1101775	T1124177	T3002430	T533534
680705085166	741217025072	T1073798	T1085133	T1102130	T1124252	T3002476	T533733
681211045302	741227065260	T1073840	T1085378	T1102348	T1124755	T3002908	T533952
690303075044	750116085468	T1073901	T1085400	T1102562	T1124951	T3003203	T534171
690315025140	750207025110	T1073956	T1087784	T1102629	T1125256	T3003612	T534711
690401025614	750208075312	T1074014	T1088184	T1103233	T1125329	T3003850	T534877
690417075202	750304025470	T1074043	T1088443	T1103770	T1126227	T3003930	T535067
690515135782	750402075324	T1074079	T1088505	T1103778	T1126264	T3004777	T535380
690609075100	750411086068	T1074330	T1088522	T1103938	T1126265	T3006044	T535571
690612085668	750507115134	T1074702	T1088782	T1104054	T1127241	T3006311	T535831
690713035440	750523035388	T1075100	T1089881	T1104451	T1127718	T3006349	T536309
690714025672	750701036042	T1075123	T1090001	T1104685	T1127824	T3006761	T536313
690813086114	750722075112	T1075125	T1090597	T1105032	T1127860	T3006989	T6004530
691105075558	750724025426	T1075484	T1090983	T1105219	T1128036	T3007140	T6033377
691212025222	750803085523	T1075585	T1091091	T1105402	T1129536	T3007353	T6074863
700103025110	750812026082	T1075679	T1091133	T1105808	T1129747	T3007599	T6083862
700211025572	750814086070	T1075732	T1091458	T1105811	T1130272	T3007625	T60843
700417095066	750924135144	T1075850	T1091708	T1105973	T1130939	T3007634	T6103844
700502025150	751114086170	T1075927	T1091878	T1106510	T1131336	T3007913	T6108665
700609085014	751220135394	T1076022	T1092092	T1106533	T1131535	T3007963	T6121730
700923025378	751224025344	T1076053	T1092284	T1106924	T1132089	T3008032	T6138844
701225086258	760126025054	T1076055	T1092328	T1107145	T1132549	T3008247	T6144657
710203045396	760706026352	T1076160	T1092410	T1107587	T1133092	T3008314	T6146727
710221025866	760708026188	T1076228	T1092578	T1107882	T1133677	T3008377	T6153203
710222025526	760821086086	T1076287	T1092600	T1109679	T1133834	T3008539	T6155479
710324135152	760918135008	T1076479	T1092668	T1110236	T1134349	T3008561	T720147
710331075100	761006055296	T1076613	T1092700	T1111530	T1135297	T3008583
710518026106	761011025366	T1077069	T1092703	T1112419	T1135931	T3008608
710531015006	761023075504	T1077080	T1092808	T1112521	T1136035	T3008881
710612025054	761225025556	T1077109	T1092809	T1113022	T1136992	T3009165
710621035342	770525087016	T1077641	T1094259	T1113084	T1138133	T3009189
710711025308	770617025242	T1077920	T1094610	T1113092	T1138381	T3009694
710726025546	771002076494	T1078194	T1094813	T1114000	T1138509	T3009710

Source: SPR

Table 2 Background: Out-and-In Phamtom Voters

• Subsequent to 2007q3, that is in 2007q4 (not gazetted), there were 312 voters who were moved out of this army camp ( Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat, a deletion to voter list, code 32 by MALVU).
  


• But strangely enough, also during 2007q4, the same 312 voters were moved back into this army camp ( Pendaftaran Tukar Alamat, an addition to voter list, code 12 by MALVU).


• These 624 changes (=312x2) were part of a total of 684 voter changes at 049/26/05/400 during 2007q4. The other 60 changes (684-624) were of minor interest. The 60 included 2 voters who registered as new army voters in 2007q4, and then immediately retired from the army, also in 2007q4.
  


• Table 2 lists the ICs of those 312 voters who were moved out and in of this same location (049/26/05/400) during the same quarter (2007q4).
  


• There may be a question whether they were IN-OUT or OUT-IN voters. We have figured out that they were OUT-and-IN voters, because we have also found all 312 on the 2008 Fed 5 gazetted electoral rolls (2007 Sep 30 data for P049 Tanjong). Since these 312 were already in the electoral roll on 2007 Sep 30, for the following quarter of 2007q4 these 312 can only be moved OUT first, before being moved IN again.


• It looks to us that these 312 army voters were at first moved out of this phantom army camp in 2007q4, only to have another authority reversed the decision, and moved them immediately, back to the same location, during the same quarter.
  


• You will also be able to find all these ICs on SPR's voter verification Web site here with data gazetted on 2008 Feb 5. However, you can only see their "movement out of and then into the same army camp" by viewing the 2007q4 PDF file for "Senarai Tambahan" or supplementary list of quarter changes of voters. We have a copy of this PDF file that was downloaded from SPR Web site around 2008 Jan 17.

Table 2: 312 voters who moved OUT and IN of abandoned army camp in 2007q4 (049/26/05/400 MARKAS 2 DIV JLN SULTAN AHMAD SHAH)

IC	IC	IC	IC	IC	IC	IC	IC
T1066854	T1077080	T1088522	T1098097	T1117344	T1131336	T3003203	T5002596
T1067427	T1077109	T1088782	T1098119	T1117527	T1132089	T3003612	T5003031
T1067438	T1077641	T1089881	T1098210	T1117821	T1132549	T3003850	T5003205
T1067491	T1077920	T1090001	T1098270	T1117928	T1133677	T3003930	T5003218
T1068390	T1078194	T1090597	T1098519	T1118610	T1133834	T3004777	T5003228
T1069183	T1078597	T1090983	T1098594	T1118974	T1134349	T3006044	T5003360
T1069670	T1078795	T1091091	T1098741	T1119044	T1135297	T3006311	T5003365
T1070523	T1078921	T1091133	T1099747	T1119084	T1135931	T3006349	T5003694
T1070539	T1079042	T1091458	T1100214	T1119521	T1136992	T3006761	T5004074
T1071252	T1079044	T1091708	T1100881	T1119616	T1138133	T3006989	T5004320
T1071909	T1080098	T1091878	T1101775	T1119722	T1138381	T3007140	T5004394
T1072146	T1080754	T1092092	T1102130	T1120504	T1138509	T3007353	T5004696
T1072628	T1080858	T1092284	T1102348	T1121371	T1139127	T3007625	T532915
T1073274	T1081020	T1092328	T1102562	T1121684	T1139526	T3007634	T533534
T1073360	T1081075	T1092410	T1103770	T1121737	T1139531	T3007913	T533733
T1073798	T1081294	T1092578	T1103778	T1121767	T1139947	T3007963	T533952
T1073840	T1081555	T1092600	T1103938	T1122147	T1139998	T3008032	T534171
T1073901	T1081699	T1092668	T1104054	T1122148	T1140181	T3008247	T534711
T1073956	T1081929	T1092700	T1104451	T1122386	T1140818	T3008314	T534877
T1074014	T1081944	T1092703	T1104685	T1122924	T1142067	T3008377	T535067
T1074043	T1082059	T1092808	T1105032	T1123125	T1142199	T3008539	T535380
T1074079	T1082104	T1092809	T1105402	T1124177	T1142303	T3008561	T535571
T1074330	T1082217	T1094259	T1105811	T1124252	T1142429	T3008608	T535831
T1074702	T1082604	T1094610	T1105973	T1124755	T1144257	T3008881	T536309
T1075100	T1082757	T1095394	T1106510	T1124951	T1148895	T3009165	T536313
T1075123	T1082767	T1095435	T1106533	T1125256	T1151974	T3009189	T6004530
T1075125	T1082967	T1095457	T1106924	T1125329	T1152426	T3009694	T6033377
T1075484	T1083635	T1095577	T1107145	T1126227	T3000068	T3009710	T6074863
T1075585	T1083827	T1095713	T1107587	T1126264	T3000442	T3009750	T6083862
T1075679	T1084098	T1095911	T1107882	T1126265	T3000587	T3009989	T60843
T1075732	T1084511	T1095949	T1109679	T1127241	T3000755	T3010091	T6103844
T1075850	T1084570	T1096441	T1110236	T1127718	T3001277	T411736	T6108665
T1075927	T1085133	T1096636	T1111530	T1127824	T3001458	T411897	T6121730
T1076022	T1085378	T1097109	T1113022	T1127860	T3001934	T411967	T6138844
T1076053	T1085400	T1097430	T1114000	T1128036	T3002209	T5000793	T6144657
T1076228	T1087784	T1097643	T1114810	T1129536	T3002277	T5000921	T6146727
T1076287	T1088184	T1097667	T1116815	T1129747	T3002430	T5001324	T6153203
T1076479	T1088443	T1097779	T1117123	T1130272	T3002476	T5001513	T6155479
T1076613	T1088505	T1097781	T1117328	T1130939	T3002908	T5002385	T720147

Source: SPR

Table 3 Background: Only 7 unexciting changes in 2008q1

• Subsequent to the end of 2007, in 2008q1 there were minimal movements in this camp in. See Table 3

Table 3: Only 7 changes were made to 049/26/05/400 Phamtom army camp during 2008q1

Locality Code	Change Type	Count
492605400	Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat	2
492605400	"Penandaan Pemotongan - Hilang Kelayakan Sebagai Pengundi Pos"	2
492605400	Penandaan Pemotongan - Bersara Polis/ Tentera	3

Source: SPR

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Army/Police Movements - Where To and From

Army/Police Moving To Setiawangsa, From Lumut, etc

The tables below show where army/police postal voters were moved in to ("Pendaftaran Tukar Alamat" or Malvu change type 12) and moved out from ("Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat" or Malvu change type 32). Army/Police voters are defined as those voters whose last 3-digit locality codes are 400s to 700s.

Here are some observations for the pre-GE quarter of 2007q4:

• 3,322 army/police voters moved into P118 KL's Setiawangsa, while 1,737 moved out, with net increase of 1,585 army/police voters.


• Sabah>Sepanggar>Karambunai (Kod 17112) saw a net increase of 506 army/police voters. Selangor>Subang>Kota Damansara (Kod 10739) saw a net increase of 306 army/police voters.


• The largest net sources of army/police voters were Perak>Lumut >Pangkor (Kod 07452), seeing 1,762 moved in, 2,460 moved out, with a net decrease of -698 army/police voters.

Table A: 2007q4: Army/Police Voter Changes Type 12 (Moved IN), Type 32 (Moved OUT), and Net

				Moved	Moved	Net
Kod	Negeri	NamaParlimen	NamaDUN	In	Out	Change
11800	W.P Kuala Lumpur	Setiawangsa		3,322	1,737	1,585
07452	Perak	Lumut	Pangkor	1,762	2,460	-698
13231	Negeri Sembilan	Telok Kemang	Bagan Pinang	1,355	1,602	-247
10739	Selangor	Subang	Kota Damansara	739	433	306
13611	Melaka	Tangga Batu	Sungai Udang	693	759	-66
21249	Sarawak	Sibu	Nangka	592	673	-81
17112	Sabah	Sepanggar	Karambunai	507	1	506
08520	Pahang	Pekan	Pulau Manis	490	348	142
12400	W.P Kuala Lumpur	Bandar Tun Razak		391	481	-90
04926	Pulau Pinang	Tanjong	Padang Kota	341	357	-16
00810	Kedah	Pokok Sena	Bukit Pinang	334	250	84
16600	W.P Labuan	Labuan		331	356	-25
08212	Pahang	Indera Mahkota	Beserah	325	307	18
01426	Kedah	Merbok	Tanjong Dawai	291	267	24
19715	Sarawak	Kota Samarahan	Muara Tuang	281	242	39
15229	Johor	Kluang	Mahkota	236	530	-294
13334	Negeri Sembilan	Tampin	Gemas	229	171	58
17318	Sabah	Putatan	Petagas	193	278	-85
12000	W.P Kuala Lumpur	Bukit Bintang		179	311	-132
19612	Sarawak	Stampin	Kota Sentosa	177	201	-24
11500	W.P Kuala Lumpur	Batu		169	301	-132
04206	Pulau Pinang	Tasek Gelugor	Telok Ayer Tawar	168	275	-107
18544	Sabah	Batu Sapi	Karamunting	159	102	57
09406	Selangor	Hulu Selangor	Kuala Kubu Baharu	158	10	148
19160	Sabah	Kalabakan	Sebatik	147	70	77
03301	Terengganu	Besut	Kuala Besut	132	45	87
15942	Johor	Pasir Gudang	Johor Jaya	132	118	14
06016	Perak	Taiping	Kamunting	124	332	-208
10329	Selangor	Puchong	Seri Serdang	120	67	53
13022	Negeri Sembilan	Rasah	Rahang	113	123	-10
11253	Selangor	Kuala Langat	Morib	108	102	6
19509	Sarawak	Bandar Kuching	Padungan	103	21	82
15433	Johor	Mersing	Tenggaroh	84	134	-50

Source: SPR and MALVU analysis.

Remember:

• These data do not show earlier movements, such as in 2007q3.


• There are also some really bizzare in-and-out movements by identical army/police voters. For example, Pulau Pinang > Tanjong > Padang Kota (Kod 04926), which showed 341 IN and 357 OUT, and Net -16. If you look closer at the names, 312 of the INs and 312 of the OUTs were identical army ICs, which we will explore in the next blog entry.
  


• These data also do not show the sequence of movements. Did the inward movement occur earlier, or did the outward movement occurred earlier?

In contrast, there was little movement by army/police voters for the GE2008 quarter of 2008q1, shown in the table below of top-10 DUNs for in-coming army/police voters:

Table B: 2008q1: Army/Police Voter Changes Type 12 (Moved IN), Type 32 (Moved OUT), and Net

				Moved	Moved	Net
Kod	Negeri	NamaParlimen	NamaDUN	In	Out	Change
11048	Selangor	Klang	Kota Alam Shah	113	24	89
04102	Pulau Pinang	Kepala Batas	Bertam	105	6	99
10840	Selangor	Shah Alam	Kota Anggerik	50	23	27
07452	Perak	Lumut	Pangkor	34	35	-1
01836	Kedah	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	Bandar Baharu	19	2	17
13822	Melaka	Kota Melaka	Bandar Hilir	17	4	13
19408	Sarawak	Petra Jaya	Satok	16	1	15
04719	Pulau Pinang	Nibong Tebal	Jawi	13	4	9
10945	Selangor	Kapar	Selat Klang	12	10	2
11700	W.P Kuala Lumpur	Segambut		11	21	-10

Source: SPR and MALVU analysis.
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Dead Voters Society Membership Reduced

Thousands of dead voters retired in each of the last 2 quarters. Further details on Army/Police movements.

The 3 tables below are related. (Table A = Table B + Table C. ) They summarize the types of quarterly changes in electoral rolls of 2007q4 and 2008q1:

1. All voters (army, police, civilians),
2. Army and police postal voter changes, and
3. Civilian changes, excluding army and police.

Our observations based on these 3 tables:

• New voters mostly civilians: In 2007q4, eg, new registrations were 55% of all changes. These are mostly civilian new registrations, since new registrations by Police/Army voters only accounted for 1.3% of all voter changes. Similar pattern occurred in 2008q1 -- there were very few new Army/Police voters.


• What the Army/Police voters excel at is moving around before the GE. While civilian voters who moved addresses accounted for 13.2% and 13.6% -- quite evenly distributed over the 2 quarters -- of 2007q4 and 2008q1 respectively, the Army/Police were particularly active before the GE. Army/Police voters who were repositioned accounted for 5.8% of all voter changes in 2007q4 just in time for GE2008, but only 0.4% during 2008q1 when it was too late for GE2008.


• Recent campaign to strike off dead voters? SPR deleted 16,651 and 18,548 dead voters, or 5.8% and a significant 14.1% of voter changes, respectively during 2007q4 and 2008q1. These are mostly civilian voters. Judging from the significant percentage of 14.1% of a relatively "more normal" quarter of 2008q1, it looks like this is a recent campaign and determination by the SPR to clean up the Dead Voters Society after persistent protests by election watch groups.

Data background: See earlier blog for a basic understanding about Supplementary Voter Lists 2008q1 and 2007q4. For overview, also see the last post Large Army and Police "Movements" Just Before GE2008.

A. ALL VOTERS INCL. ARMY/POLICE VOTERS
Types of voter changes		2008q1	% all voters	2007q4	% all voters
Pendaftaran Baru	11	75,484	57.5%	159,123	55.0%
Pendaftaran Tukar Alamat	12	18,385	14.0%	54,920	19.0%
Subtotal - Addition		93,869	71.5%	214,043	74.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pengenalan Diri Tidak Lengkap	31	-	0.0%	3	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat	32	18,385	14.0%	54,920	19.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Kematian	33	18,548	14.1%	16,651	5.8%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Hilang Kelayakan Sebagai Pengundi Pos	34	2	0.0%	671	0.2%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Dilucutkan Kewarganegaraan	35	-	0.0%	992	0.3%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Bersara Polis/ Tentera	36	1	0.0%	1,261	0.4%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Masuk Tentera	37	8	0.0%	7	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Silap Pendataan	38	357	0.3%	5	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Masuk Polis	39	1	0.0%	121	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pergi Ke Luar Negeri	40	54	0.0%	63	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pulang Dari Luar Negeri	41	7	0.0%	4	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Tentera Di Ragui	42	-	0.0%	362	0.1%
Others	99	-	0.0%	-	0.0%
Subtotal - Deletion		37,363	28.5%	75,060	26.0%
Total - ALL VOTERS		131,232	100.0%	289,103	100.0%
B. ARMY/POLICE VOTERS
Types of voter changes		2008q1	% all voters	2007q4	% all voters
Pendaftaran Baru	11	814	0.6%	3,710	1.3%
Pendaftaran Tukar Alamat	12	528	0.4%	16,743	5.8%
Subtotal - Addition		1,342	1.0%	20,453	7.1%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pengenalan Diri Tidak Lengkap	31	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat	32	578	0.4%	16,806	5.8%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Kematian	33	9	0.0%	7	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Hilang Kelayakan Sebagai Pengundi Pos	34	2	0.0%	668	0.2%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Dilucutkan Kewarganegaraan	35	0	0.0%	2	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Bersara Polis/ Tentera	36	1	0.0%	1,261	0.4%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Masuk Tentera	37	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Silap Pendataan	38	355	0.3%	1	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Masuk Polis	39	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pergi Ke Luar Negeri	40	0	0.0%	8	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pulang Dari Luar Negeri	41	7	0.0%	4	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Tentera Di Ragui	42	0	0.0%	362	0.1%
Others	99	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Subtotal - Deletion		952	0.7%	19,119	6.6%
Total - ARMY/POLICE VOTERS		2,294	1.7%	39,572	13.7%
C. EXCLUDING ARMY/POLICE VOTERS
Types of voter changes		2008q1	% all voters	2007q4	% all voters
Pendaftaran Baru	11	74,670	56.9%	155,413	53.8%
Pendaftaran Tukar Alamat	12	17,857	13.6%	38,177	13.2%
Subtotal - Addition		92,527	70.5%	193,590	67.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pengenalan Diri Tidak Lengkap	31	-	0.0%	3	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pemilih Bertukar Alamat	32	17,807	13.6%	38,114	13.2%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Kematian	33	18,539	14.1%	16,644	5.8%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Hilang Kelayakan Sebagai Pengundi Pos	34	-	0.0%	3	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Dilucutkan Kewarganegaraan	35	-	0.0%	990	0.3%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Bersara Polis/ Tentera	36	-	0.0%	-	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Masuk Tentera	37	8	0.0%	7	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Silap Pendataan	38	2	0.0%	4	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Masuk Polis	39	1	0.0%	121	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pergi Ke Luar Negeri	40	54	0.0%	55	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Pulang Dari Luar Negeri	41	-	0.0%	-	0.0%
Penandaan Pemotongan - Tentera Di Ragui	42	-	0.0%	-	0.0%
Others	99	-	0.0%	-	0.0%
Subtotal - Deletion		36,411	27.7%	55,941	19.3%
Total - NON-ARMY/POLICE VOTERS		128,938	98.3%	249,531	86.3%

Source: SPR and MALVU analysis.
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Large Army and Police "Movements" Just Before GE2008

A large percentage of army or police postal voters were moved in the quarter before GE2008

The 12th General Election, which took place on 2008 Mar 8, was based on electoral roll gazetted on 2008 Feb 5. In this electoral roll, voter data were updated to 2007 Dec 31 for most parliamentary constituencies, but in some disputed parliamentary constituencies, up to 2007 Sep 30.

We want to see changes to army voters that took place before and during/after GE2008. To do so, we compare the quarterly supplementary rolls (senarai tambahan) for voter changes of 2007q4 and 2008q1 that SPR issues in PDF format.

The table below show a large movement of postal voters (mostly army and police, with locality codes that end in 400s, 500s, 600s, and 700s ).

	spr2008q1	spr2007q4
Start of period	2008 Jan 1	2007 Oct 1
End of period	2008 Mar 31	2007 Dec 31
Total listing of voters	131,232	289,103
Army/police voters, locality codes >=400	2,294	39,572
Percentage army+poilce / total voters	1.7%	13.7%
			Gazetted 20080205 GE2008
NamaParlimen involved in change - count	222	222	222
NamaDUN involved in change - count	572	572	572
NamaDM (Daerah Mengundi) - count	6,578	6,578	6,733
NamaLokaliti (Locality) - count	95,865	95,657	94,801

Large postal/police/army voter movements in the quarter before GE2008:

• There were large changes in voters before GE2008 (2007q4) totaling 289,103, more than double the 131,232 voter changes of the quarter (2008q1) on which the GE falls. We'll examine the reasons in the next blog, but it was mainly because
  1. potential voters were more excited about the upcoming GE, and many registered as voters for the first time,
  2. many changed their addresses, and
  3. a boost by postal voter movements.
  (Remember, where there is a change of address, the voter is counted twice in quarterly list, as a voter moving out of one place, and as a voter moving in to another place.)


• Changes registered for army/police voters total 39,752 in the quarter before GE2008, nearly as big as an urban parliamentary constituency, accounting for a whopping 13.7% of the already-large changes of 289,103.
  


• Had it been a more "regular" quarter, such as 2008q1, and considering double-counting, the 39,752 could have accounted for over 25% voter changes.
  


• In comparison, the equivalent category was only 2,294 during the GE quarter, or 1.7% of total changes for that quarter.

Background statistics about parliament, DUNs, DM, localities:

• There were 222 parliamentary constituencies -- no change because there will be no re-delineation until 2010-1011.


• There were 572 DUNs for both quarters, excluding federal territories, which sadly have no state representation.


• There 6,578 Daerah Mengundi (voting districts) for both quaters, but strangely only 6,733 DMs for the voters roll gazetted on Feb 5, 2008. Either my data has problems, or it is due to disputed/ungazetted parliamentary rolls. It is a fact that some constituencies, such as P049 (Tanjong, PP) used older 2007q3 voter list in the gazetted roll, because the 2007q4 list was disputed. It is possible that SPR had drawn up new DMs for 2007q4 (Coincidence? Or why so late?) that had to be put aside until these seats are gazetted. Such practice plus SPR errors could also have contributed to some of the past complaints about political parties receiving different voters rolls, voters getting assigned to new DMs not being able to find their familiar DMs, etc.


• There were 95,657 localities (streets, government hostels, army camp) in 2007q4, increasing to 95,865 in 2008q1, but only 94,801 for gazette date 2008 Feb 5. The reason is likely again to be disputed constituencies, such that some constituencies such as P049 included only 2007q3 list of a smaller number of localities.

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