ABSTRACT
For more than three-and-a-half decades Malaysia operated one of the most stable political regimes in East Asia. Skillfully purveying an adjustable mix of authoritarian controls and democratic procedures, its government perpetuated a sturdy hybridity that some analysts have labelled as electoral authoritarianism (Schedler 2006). Under this regime type, the government reliably refreshed its extraordinary two-thirds parliamentary majority, necessary for unilaterally amending the constitution, through eight consecutive general elections.
