Copyright © 2018 Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Refusal of Youth to Vote in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia Mohd Ramlan Mohd Arshad ∗and Norhayati Mohd Salleh Faculty of Administrtaive Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kampus Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia *Mohd Ramlan Mohd Arshad, *Corresponding author E-mail: ramlanarshad@gmail.com Abstract The involvement of youth in today’s politic will influence the future state of Malaysia. The aim of this research is to study on the antecedents that make youth refuse to vote in Shah Alam. The respondents for this research are the youth whom registered as voter for Shah Alam Parliamentary seat. The main objective of this study is to determine the most significance factor that affected their voting behavior. The respondent of this study was 150 youth voters. Purposive sampling technique have been used with questionnaire as the instruments for collecting data. In determining the relationship between the voting refusal behaviors, Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis were used. Based on the findings, ignorant is the main antecedent of youth refusal to vote in election. Hence, the government, political parties Election Commission of Malaysia and all beneficiaries must work together to ensure our youth exposed to political system and encourage them to involve in selecting the leaders. Keywords: Youth, Refusal, Vote, Election, Democracy, Parliamentary 1. Introduction Malaysia practices parliamentary democracy where the leader of the country will be selected through the election process which the citizen plays major role in this system. The political parties which received the most votes will be given a mandate by the people to govern the country. The political representative expected to fulfil the needs of the people. Election is imperative elements in democracy system. In Malaysia, an election was held before independence in 1955 and after independent in 1959 and the election was organized in every 5 year12. Nowadays, young people have been found to be particularly lack of investment in the political system that has deteriorating effects upon their citizenship. In term of attitudes, some youth are likely to hold a set belief that is specific to their life experiences and pre-adult socialization15. Youth are the next generation who will be the leader of the Nation21. Besides that, youths are the anchor of sustainable development of a country. Everyone has a philosophical, cultural autonomy, particularly in determining the direction of each14. Trusts, supports and commitments from the youth are the core elements for a success of a country. As once quoted by President of Indonesia, Soekarno, “Beri aku 1,000 orang tua, niscaya akan kucabut semeru dari akarnya, beri aku 10 pemuda niscaya akan kuguncangkan dunia”9. The involvement of youth in today’s politic will influence the future state of Malaysia. Every individual has the right to choose whether to be involved in the politic or not. Nevertheless, every individual need to have the responsibility to decide on the most reliable administer to manage our country15. According to Suffian (2013), youths are regarded as the future leaders and they will replace the current leaders in Malaysia and they will soon inherit the nation’s pride12 Youth participation in politic is decreasing throughout the whole world. Research done by United Nation Youth Assembly (2016) found that “Participation of young people in formal, institutional political processes is relatively low when compared to older citizens across the globe” 2. Voting Behavior The Psychological Model of Voting Behaviour is a study conducted by the Survey Research Centre at the University of Michigan during 1948 in U.S. This model has always been used to determine the antecedents for each voting behaviour resulted for each election process. Psychological Model of Voting Behaviour is the strongest model that could be used to describe the voting behaviour among youth in Malaysia Figure 1: Psychological Model of Voting Behavior. Source: Berelson et al., 1954, p.278 This psychological model is the study of major factors as relevant to an individual’s decision to vote and his choice of candidates to rule a country. The identified factors can be divided into six, which are (1) party identification; (2) sensitivity towards issues; (3) degree of attachment to candidates; (4) conformity to the group standards; (5) sense of efficacy; (6) degree of civic obligation and responsibility to vote. The attitudinal factors International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (4.15) (2018) 248-251 International Journal of Engineering & Technology Website: www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJET Research paper