Election is not only about who wins and who loses, but also about the electorate's preferences and the contenders' support. Documentation and analysis of such data is important for both general and academic interest to inform us on how the nation votes.

Due to the 'wrong announcement of the winner' by the returning officer, the Kelantan High Court has now declared Barisan Nasional (BN) as the winner of the Pasir Puteh seat.

On a national scale, that decision did not change much the political landscape. On the other hand, it changed every single national total of the 2004 election - those of BN's votes, PAS' votes, the opposition's votes, and also likely, the number of rejected votes, unreturned ballots and issued ballots.

All election data compiled to date is now inaccurate and needs to be updated. No matter how small the discrepancy would be, inaccuracy remains inaccuracy and must be corrected.

The latest official result for the Pasir Putih parliamentary constituency is still found nowhere to be found on the Election Commission (EC) website .

In the past, EC's election reports have displayed insufficient attention to the accuracy of election data, unnecessarily creating the need for data re-entry and verification. After the chaos of March 21, does not election data deserved to be taken a little bit more seriously by both its guardian - the EC - and also the media?