Voter’s Acceptance and Preferences of Candidates in Sarawak Election 2016: A Case Study of Jemoreng and Daro Constituencies

Junaidi Saudi bin Narani, Fairuz Hidayat Merican bin Wan Merican

2018

Abstract

The Sarawak Election 2016 saw a rare practice where active and performing incumbents of Jemoreng and Daro were denied candidatures in the National Front team to contest the election. This study aims at investigating acceptance of voters on new candidates, their perception on the incumbents, and identifying their preferences of ideal candidates. The instruments for primary data collection are structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Four hundred questionnaires were distributed and forty semi structured interviews were conducted. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The Cronbach’s Alpha levels for the overall constructs range from 0.7108 to 0.9029 proved that the scores obtained from the instruments were reliable. The acceptable and preferred candidates were perceived by voters, among others as people-friendly, high morale, easily available or being seen, concerned for people, experienced, and highly able to bring vox populi to the government. The voter’s perceptions on the incumbents are positive, and still winnable. The incumbents has demonstrated incontestable demeanor putting self-interest aside, party politics first, and share common values of professionalism, and team spirit for the amor patriae of Sarawak, Land of the Hornbills.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Saudi bin Narani J. and bin Wan Merican F. (2018). Voter’s Acceptance and Preferences of Candidates in Sarawak Election 2016: A Case Study of Jemoreng and Daro Constituencies.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1504-1510. DOI: 10.5220/0009930815041510

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Junaidi Saudi bin Narani and Fairuz Hidayat Merican bin Wan Merican},
title={Voter’s Acceptance and Preferences of Candidates in Sarawak Election 2016: A Case Study of Jemoreng and Daro Constituencies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1504-1510},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009930815041510},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Voter’s Acceptance and Preferences of Candidates in Sarawak Election 2016: A Case Study of Jemoreng and Daro Constituencies
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Saudi bin Narani J.
AU - bin Wan Merican F.
PY - 2018
SP - 1504
EP - 1510
DO - 10.5220/0009930815041510