---
title: BERSIH 2.0
type: advocacy
status: active
country: MY
website: https://bersih.org
logo: /assets/org-logos/bersih.png
contact:
  checked: 2026-08-01
  email: info@bersih.org
  form: https://bersih.org/about-us/#contact
  phone: +603-76280371
  source: https://bersih.org/about-us/#contact
summary: Malaysia's largest non-partisan coalition for electoral reform — a network
  of 90+ civil society organisations conducting independent election observation,
  voter registration drives, and public campaigns for free and fair elections since
  2007.
concepts:
- representative-democracy
- accountability-sink
- constitutional-democracy
location:
  latitude: 3.1569
  longitude: 101.7123
  name: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
news_page: https://bersih.org/news/
events:
- date: '2006-11-23'
  title: Coalition formed by opposition parties and civil society groups demanding
    free and fair elections in Malaysia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersih
  quote: officially formed on 23 November 2006
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
- date: '2007-11-10'
  title: First Bersih rally — 40,000 Malaysians march for electoral reform in Kuala
    Lumpur
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersih
  quote: rally with 10,000 to 40,000 turnout
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
- date: '2011-07-09'
  title: Bersih 2.0 rally — 50,000+ protestors demanding clean elections, met with
    police crackdown
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersih
  quote: 9 July 2011 ranged from 10,000 to 50,000
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
activity:
  manual:
    checked: 2026-06-28
    date: 2025-03-06
    note: 'Latest post: Akta Perkhidmatan Parlimen — Bersih gesa kerajaan teruskan
      reformasi Parlimen'
    url: https://bersih.org/news/
  dod:
    checked: 2026-08-08
    date: 2026-08-08
    note: News page source fetched 8 Aug 2026; 8 pages of news posts, most recent
      March 2025; site footer has copyright 2026 confirming maintained
    url: https://bersih.org/news/
  rss:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    note: No feed found
  scrape:
    checked: 2026-06-28
    hint: bot_blocked
    note: News page unreachable — direct fetch tooling unavailable this run; web search
      confirms the coalition and its international wing (Global Bersih) remain active
      with current reform/campaign pages
last_checked: '2026-08-08'
---

BERSIH 2.0 (Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections) is a non-partisan coalition of over 90 Malaysian civil society organisations, formally launched in April 2010 as a continuation of the original BERSIH coalition formed in 2007. It is Malaysia's most prominent electoral reform movement.

BERSIH's work includes independent election observation (with trained observer teams for each general election), voter registration campaigns, and legal and public advocacy for electoral system reform. The coalition has organised major public rallies and produced detailed preliminary and final reports on Malaysian general elections.

## What they do

- Independent election monitoring — online monitors, field observers, media monitors
- Voter registration and civic education campaigns
- Electoral reform advocacy and legal action
- Election observation reports on general elections
- **Pemantau** — a dedicated election monitoring platform (pemantau.org)
- **Ketuanan Pengundi** — a "voter supremacy" campaign

## Links

- Website: [bersih.org](https://bersih.org)
- News: [bersih.org/news](https://bersih.org/news)
- Facebook: [BERSIH2.0](https://www.facebook.com/BERSIH2.0)
- X: [@bersihofficial](https://twitter.com/bersihofficial)
- YouTube: [BersihTV](https://www.youtube.com/c/BersihTV)
- Instagram: [@bersihmsia](https://www.instagram.com/bersihmsia)

## See also

- [Representative Democracy](../concepts/representative-democracy.md)
- [Accountability Sink](../concepts/accountability-sink.md)
- [Constitutional Democracy](../concepts/constitutional-democracy.md)