KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has urged the Election Commission to redraw 13 "super” parliamentary constituencies which currently has more than 100,000 registered voters.

The opposition party’s parliamentary leader claimed that an average constituency in Peninsular Malaysia should have approximately 68,814 voters but the recent redelineation exercise has caused an influx of voters in 13 seats.

"Under the proposed redelineation, the parliamentary quota in the Peninsular states — which is the average number of electors per parliamentary constituency in the peninsular states, derived from dividing the total electorate by the total number of parliamentary constituencies in all the peninsular states — is 68,814,” he said in a statement today.

Lim listed all 13 seats which includes his own constituency of Gelang Patah in Johor and several other DAP held constituencies like the newly renamed Petaling Jaya Utara (Damansara) Serdang (Bangi) and Klang.

"This is why all the following 13 "super” Parliamentary seats redelineated with more than 100,000 voters should be redrawn so that they do not have more than 100,000 voters,” Lim said.

He then proceeded to list down the seats- Damansara (150,439 voters), Bangi (146,168 voters), Klang (141,275 voters), Petaling Jaya (129,363 voters), Subang (128,330 voters),Gelang Patah (112,081 voters), Kota Raja (121,126 voters), Pasir Gudang (108,156 voters), Kota Melaka (105,067 voters), Kuala Terengganu (101,875 voters), Sungai Petani (101,829 voters), Tumpat (101,318 voters) and Kapar (100,456 voters).

The veteran politician pointed out that the newly renamed Damansara constituency held by DAP’s Tony Pua exceeded the purported parliamentary quota by over 200 percent.

"With Damansara in Selangor redelineated as the largest constituency with 150,439 votes, it is 218 percent bigger than the parliamentary quota of 68,814,” Lim claimed.

Alleging the recent exercise as the "worst gerrymandering in the nation’s history”, Lim demanded for the commission justify its current redelineation exercise.

The commission in an 18-page notice had reportedly proposed to alter the electoral boundaries of several parliamentary and state constituencies in all states bar Perlis, Labuan and Putrajaya.

The proposed amendments could see 12 parliamentary and 34 state constituencies in the peninsula undergo a name change while it also listed 13 proposed new state constituencies for Sabah, increasing the number of the state seats to 73.

But Pakatan Harapan leaders alleged the some of the proposed redelineation exercise would carve out opposition-held federal and state seats to favour Barisan Nasional, especially in Johor and Selangor.

Among the constituencies that would be affected by the proposed changes are Pagoh in Johor and Lembah Pantai. The former is held by sacked Umno leader Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the latter PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar.

EC secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh was reported saying the review would be conducted based on the provisions of Clause (2) Article 113 of the Federal Constitution and amendments to Clause (2) Article 14 of the Sabah State Constitution, gazetted on Aug 18.

But objections to the recommendations could only be made by the state government, local authorities partly or partially included in the redelineation exercise, or a group of no less than 100 registered voters of an affected constituency.