PETALING JAYA: Anwar Ibrahim has sought a court declaration that his right as voter has been violated by the Election Commission due to malapportionment of constituencies in its boundary-redrawing exercise.

The opposition leader, who is currently in jail on a sodomy conviction, and Azman Nazaruddin, a voter in the Sungai Petani parliamentary seat, want the High Court to declare that there was a voter disparity when compared to other constituencies in the peninsula.

They said the EC had violated their rights under Article 8 of the Federal Constituion, which provided for equality to all citizens.

The suit was filed by legal firm Messrs Daim & Gamany at the High Court in Alor Setar today.

Anwar, in his affidavit in support of the action, said he was a registered voter in the Permatang Pauh seat.

He said there were 80,574 voters in the second quarter of this year compared with 71,699 voters when the 13th general election was conducted on May 5, 2013.

He said the number of voters in Lipis, Gerik, Lenggong, Padang Rengas, Kuala Kangsar, Parit, Bagan Datok, Labis, Sembrong, Pengerang, Padang Terap and Sik was between 35,000 and 50,000 voters.

Similarly, Azman said there were 101,219 voters in his constituency in the second half of this year compared with 93,175 electors during the 13th general election.

Anwar and Azman said these were due to malapportionments arising from unfair delimitation of constituencies.

Both said they would provide the number of voters in other federal constituencies to support their claim.

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