It was first announced by Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof in April 2019 that a new select committee for electoral reform was to be set up.
[1] However, it is noted that an electoral reform select committee previously existed between October 2011 and April 2012.
[2] The creation of the new Elections Select Committee was among four new select committees announced by the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs, Liew Vui Keong, on 17 October 2019.
[3][4][5][6] The report from the special select committee for electoral reform (2011-2012) is available on its website: [1].
As of December 2019, the members of the committee are as follows:[7] This temporary select committee had a six-month time frame to complete its report on improving the electoral system from the date of its establishment.