Warren
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The Malaysian monarchy is not so much elective as rotational.
The nine traditional rulers take their turn serving as Head of State unless circumstrances intervene (eg age, illness, infirmity, unfitness).
The "election", such as it is, is made by the rulers themselves.
Selecton of a Saudi Crown Prince (and thus future King) is made from within and by a very tight and small inner circle of Princes, not from amongst the estimated 7000 Princes belonging to the House of Saud. The most recent, Crown Prince Salman (appointed last week), like all previous Crown Princes is a son of the Founder of the Saudi State, King Abdul-Aziz.
As AmericanDane has pointed out, the Vatican City State is the best example of an elective monarchy and it is the College of Cardinals who form the electorate. It is only relatively recently that the formal and grand ceremony of Papal coronation (with a crown, aka the Papal Tiara) was dispensed with.
The Papacy bears a similarity to the position of the Dalai Lama, the god-king of Tibet, who is selected (albeit at a much younger age!) by the High Lamas.
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The nine traditional rulers take their turn serving as Head of State unless circumstrances intervene (eg age, illness, infirmity, unfitness).
The "election", such as it is, is made by the rulers themselves.
Selecton of a Saudi Crown Prince (and thus future King) is made from within and by a very tight and small inner circle of Princes, not from amongst the estimated 7000 Princes belonging to the House of Saud. The most recent, Crown Prince Salman (appointed last week), like all previous Crown Princes is a son of the Founder of the Saudi State, King Abdul-Aziz.
As AmericanDane has pointed out, the Vatican City State is the best example of an elective monarchy and it is the College of Cardinals who form the electorate. It is only relatively recently that the formal and grand ceremony of Papal coronation (with a crown, aka the Papal Tiara) was dispensed with.
The Papacy bears a similarity to the position of the Dalai Lama, the god-king of Tibet, who is selected (albeit at a much younger age!) by the High Lamas.
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