2026 Melaka State Election: Zahid thanks voters for BN-PN’s decisive 24-seat win

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Melaka voters cast their ballots today to elect a new state legislative assembly, in a high-stakes election that serves as a critical test of ...

MELAKA, Nov 14 — [9.25pm] Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has thanked Melaka voters for the mandate given to his coalition and Perikatan Nasional (PN) in the state election, in a statement issued on behalf of both parties.

The thanks follow an unofficial claim of a sweeping win by the BN-PN side, with BN secretary-general Datuk Seri Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki saying the two have won 24 of the 28 state seats, a clear supermajority in the state assembly.

If the claim holds, BN and PN together have taken all but four seats, which would leave Pakatan Harapan (PH) with just four, consistent with the seat-by-seat figures reported earlier, which showed PH holding only its urban seats of Kesidang, Ayer Keroh, Kota Laksamana and Bandar Hilir.

The result will be read as a setback for PH, after DAP left the state government in July and the coalition went into the election as a rival to BN.

BN and PN are expected to work together in Melaka, but how formal that cooperation will be has not yet been spelled out. The figures remain unofficial until the Election Commission confirms the final results.

[8.45pm] Barisan Nasional (BN) has won the Melaka state election, with unofficial results as of about 8.35pm showing it past the 15 seats needed to form the government on its own.

Of the 24 seats declared so far, BN has taken 19, Pakatan Harapan (PH) four and Perikatan Nasional (PN) one. Four seats were still outstanding at that point: Bukit Katil, Paya Rumput, Kelebang and Ayer Molek.

BN’s results are decisive. Its biggest majorities came in Serkam (11,742 votes), Sungai Udang (12,036) and Telok Mas (10,903). It also captured Sungai Udang from PN, which held the seat in 2021, and kept Machap Jaya by 1,925 votes against PH’s Ginie Lim, after PH had led there at 7.19pm. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh retained Tanjung Bidara with an unofficial majority of 8,650 votes, compared with just 364 in 2021.

PH’s results were concentrated in urban seats.

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