ISSN (Print): 2708-6453 | ISSN (Online): 2708-6461 | ISSN-L: 2708-6453

Political Parties and Democracy in Malaysia: A Case of United Malay National Organization (UMNO)

Authors

Rizwana Kausar
Ph. D Scholar, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Muzaffar
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, GC Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
Najam Us Saqib
Ph. D Scholar, Department of Political Science & International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Keywords

Democracy Malaysia Political Parties United Malay National Organization (UMNO)

Abstract

The political party considers the association of the peoples who have same views about the governance of the state. This study discusses the goals and purposes of its members through the attainment and by the use of political influences. It is constitutional right of citizens to develop a political party with the collaboration of people who have same vision to obtain the goals. Malaysia has Multi Political Party System. The main Malay Party is BN (Barison Nasional) and coalition of fourteen Parties of different ethnicities and in this coalition leading party, UMNO since the freedom of Malaysia analyses through the data. Other political parties are Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam se Malaysia (PAS) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). The alliance was made in 1952 by the participation of different parties, in which Parties leading party United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) are most important. Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)also became the part of this coalition and BN became the nation’s dominant political party and worked for the battement of nation