In Malaysia, any citizen 21 years of age or older can become a candidate and be elected to the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Undangan Negeri. Minimum age for the Senator is 30. As of 2015, Malaysia is not considering lowering the age of candidacy to 18. However, since 2015, any citizen not less than 18 years of age and not older than 30 years of age can become a candidate and be elected to the Youth Parliament of Malaysia.