Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar Wrong To Compare Gross Increase With Net Increase In Voters Which Is Akin To Comparing Apples With Oranges On The Controversy Of The Increase In Voters In Penang Over The 2nd Quarter Of 2011.
Elections Commission(EC) Deputy Chair Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar is wrong to make wild allegations that I was trying to distort the increase in voters in Penang over the 2nd quarter of from April to June this year. Wan Ahmad should stop trying to confuse the public by comparing gross increase with net increase of new voters.
This is no different from comparing apples with oranges and a dishonest representation of facts and figures. I had asked the EC to explain why there was such a dramatic gross increase in new voters of 25,558 new voters in the 2nd quarter of 2011 as compared to the previous quarters over the last 3 years.
Whilst I was talking about gross increase new voters, the EC is talking about the net increase in voters after removing voters who had lost their citizenship status, died or moved away. Comparing the net voter increase with gross voter increase is wrong and is akin to comparing apples and oranges.
I had said that for the 2nd quarter of 2011 in Penang, there were 25,558 new voters and 6,845 names struck off. The overall impact of the increase of new voters accompanied by the removal of voters both ways would be 32,403 votes. The net increase of new voters is derived by deducting the gross increase in voters of 25,558 by the number of voters removed of 6,845 to arrive at the net voter increase of 18,713.
It is regrettable that when I am talking about gross increase of new voters of 25,558, Wan Omar tries to divert attention by talking about net increase of new voters of 18,713 voters. It is therefore wrong for Wan Omar to say that of 18,713 net increase of new voters registered in the state, about 14,000 were registered by political parties, of which Umno registered 4,000, followed by DAP (3,900), PKR (800), Gerakan (750), MCA (600), and PAS (500).
The 3,900 new voters registered by DAP should not be compared with the net voter increase of 18,713 but compared instead with the gross voter increase of 25,558 voters. All political parties did not remove voters only new ones as only the EC has the power to strike out the names of voters. Wan Omar should not pretend that he does not understand simple arithmetic.
Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 13.8.2011.
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槟州首席部长林冠英于2011年8月13日在乔治市光大发表声明：
拿督旺阿末旺奥玛在针对槟州2011年第二季度选民增加人数犯下错误，他不应拿选民的总增加人数（Gross Increase）和净增加人数（Net Increase）来做比较，这形同拿苹果和橙来比较。
选委会副主席拿督旺阿末指我扭曲今年第二季度（四月-六月）槟州增加的选民人数。旺阿末应该停止混淆公众，他不该拿选民的总增加人数和净增加人数来比较。
这其实是比较苹果和橙，无法反映真实的数据和情况。我已经叫选委会解释，为什么2011年第二季度的总增加人数如此夸张，达2万5558人，比过去3年同季度所增加的选民人数还多？
我指的是增加的选民总数，而选委会却讲删除公民权、死亡或搬家选民以后的净选民人数。拿选民的总增加人数和净增加人数来比较，就好像是拿苹果和橙来比较。
我说过，在2011年第二季度，槟城有2万5558名新选民，6845名选民被除名。受影响的选民人数为新选民及已被除名的共3万2403名。而净增加选民人数为1万8713名（总增加选民人数2万5558人减去被除名的6845人）。
遗憾的是，当我讲着新选民的总增加人数2万5558人时，旺奥玛却谈选民的净增加人数1万8713名来转移视钱。因此，旺奥玛说选民的净增加人数1万8713人是不对的，这当中包括1万4000名政党登记的选民： 巫统（4000）、行动党（3900）、公正党（800）、民政党（750）、马华（600）及回教党（500）。
行动党所登记的3900名新选民不应该与净增加的1万8713名选民比较，而应该与2万5558名总增加的选民比较。所有的政党都没有除掉选民，也唯有选委会才有权利除去选民的名字。旺奥玛不应该假装他不明白如此简单的数学。
林冠英