THE GEOPOLITICS OF WOMEN IN MALAYSIAN ELECTORAL POLITICS

Abstract

The role of women in electoral politics around the world, including in Malaysia, is undeniable. They play an important role in electoral politics either as members of the political party machinery or included in the list of key leaders of a country or even in major world organizations such as the United Nations and so on. Therefore, it is the purpose of writing this article to study the geopolitics or the influence or role of women in politics by making Malaysia as a case study. Based on general election results in Malaysia and secondary sources such as journal articles, academic books, seminar papers and research reports, the findings show that women do play a role or influence in determining geopolitics in Malaysia despite not being able to control the majority or full of in terms of candidate determination and decision-making in the country. Women act as voters, vote appellants, campaign machinery, objects to win votes (facial beauty and softness of speech), political party members, political party speakers, political party strategists, advisers to husbands as leaders, leadership in political parties, candidates in elections, people’s representative and as a key leader in government. Therefore, the role of women in electoral politics cannot be ruled out because they can determine the victory of political parties and the effectiveness and success of a political structure such as political parties and governments.