KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) will decide on the redelineation of electoral boundaries for Peninsular Malaysia after the eight-year period ends on March 9, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (pic).
The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said a review on redelineation may only be carried out under two circumstances, namely, after the expiry of the eight-year period from the previous review or where there are legislative amendments to the composition of the number of Members of Parliament or state assemblies.
"For Peninsula Malaysia states, the period from the previous review will end on March 9, 2026. Any decision regarding the implementation of a redelineation will only be determined by the EC after the expiry of this period," she said in a parliamentary written reply dated Jan 29.
In Sabah, the eight-year period ended in February 2025 and the EC is currently in the process of considering its implementation, taking into account that the 17th Sabah Election concluded recently, she said.
"For Sarawak, the review period from the previous review ended on Aug 21, 2023, and the EC is now in the final stages of preparing its proposals for the redelineation review for the state, taking into account the addition of 17 seats which were approved by the Sarawak State Assembly on July 7, 2025 and came into force on Aug 8, 2025," she added.
She was responding to a question by Hassan Abdul Karim (PH-Pasir Gudang) on whether the EC would carry out a redelineation exercise to increase the number of parliamentary seats, given that there are currently 15 parliamentary constituencies with more than 100,000 voters.
The existing electoral boundaries were approved in Parliament two months before the 14th General Election.
In the redelineation exercise, 98 parliamentary seats out of 165 involved were affected while 28 state seats had their names changed.
