Abstract—The ICT implementation has been widely
mentioned in many sectors such as education, government and
business. However the implementation of ICT in political
parties is rarely highlighted compared to the study from the
political science view. This paper highlighted some preliminary
study and interesting findings about ICT implementation of a
case study in one of the dominant Malay political parties in
Malaysia namely Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS). It assessed
the current level of ICT implementation as well as captured the
requirement and future plan in the implementation of ICT in
the political parties. It used observation, questionnaires and
interviews on 14 respondents. There were five factors involved
namely party and model, culture, social and organisational
issues, ICT support and ICT impact and barriers. At the end, it
was found that the party applied a systematic framework in
ICT implementation in order to take advantages of ICT as a
tool for spreading political message and program to the voters.
Index Terms—ICT implementation, Malaysian political
parties, PAS.
Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob, A. M. Embong, and Mohd Nuri Al
Amin Endut are with the Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Sri Iskandar, Perak
31750 Malaysia (e-mail:Iskandar_yaacob@petronas.com.my,
urrahman_amin@petronas.com.my, Mutalib_embong@petronas.com.my,
nuriend@petronas.com.my).
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Cite: Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob, Abdul Mutalib Embong, Mohd Nuri Al Amin Endut, and
Abdur-Rahman Mohamed Amin, " Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Implementation in Malaysian Political Parties," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 189-193, 2014.