MALAY POLITICAL CULTURE STUDIES ON BY ELECTION IN HULU SELANGOR, SELANGOR

By-election of hulu selangor parliament constituency held following the death of the late zainal abidin ahmad of parti keadilan rakyat (pkr) on 25 march 2010. accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the malay political culture with respect to the results of prk hulu selangor held on 25 april 2010. history of general elections in hulu selangor from 1955 until the general election 2004 general election showed that this region is the stronghold of barisan nasional (bn), but the ‘political tsunami’ in 2008 general election resulted that bn is losing to pkr. however, in 2010 by-election saw that bn captured the hulu selangor parliamentary seat with a majority of 1725 votes. based on questionnaires and pre-election observation, in terms of selection candidate criteria, 81.7 percent of respondents said they chose a people-friendly candidates. the study also found that 43.10 percent of the respondents would vote for bn than 34 percent of pkr. the findings are consistent with the actual results of the election in favor of the bn by 1725 a majority vote. comparison of voting patterns and the majority of voting obtained by the candidates / parties contesting in the general election results from 2004 to 2010 by election in voting district of majority malay voters area showed all in favor of the bn. generally, malay politics is an important role in the bn’s victory in the hulu selangor and malay voters factor also influence the voting patterns of ethnic malays on the five characteristics of the political culture of the malay sultanate, islam, malay language, economics, and universal (new politics).