Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: King ABDULLAH
• Head of Government: Prime Minister ANWAR Ibrahim
• Assembly: Malaysia has a bicameral Parliament (Parlimen 马来西亚国会) consisting of the Senate (Dewan Negara) with 70 seats and the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) with 222 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The King is elected by hereditary state rulers to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is designated by parliament.
• In the Senate (Dewan Negara), 44 members are appointed by the monarch to serve 3-year terms with a two-term limit and 26 members are elected by the state legislatures to serve 3-year terms. In the House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) 222 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.