KUALA LUMPUR – Barisan Nasional (BN) secured nearly half of the popular vote in the 16th Melaka state election, polling 240,651 votes or 49.2% to cement its commanding victory.
The coalition, which won 21 of the 28 state assembly (DUN) seats contested, finished well ahead of Pakatan Harapan (PH), which collected 143,273 votes (29.3%), while Perikatan Nasional (PN) garnered 68,017 votes (13.9%).
A total of 488,737 votes were cast in the election.
The popular vote represents the total number of votes received by a political party, coalition or candidate across all constituencies contested.
BN’s performance marked a significant improvement from the 2021 Melaka state election, when it secured 122,741 votes, accounting for 38.4% of the popular vote.
Its share of the popular vote therefore increased by 10.8 percentage points in this election, according to figures published by electiondata.my.
Among the other parties, DAP received 74,068 votes (15.2%), while PKR secured 40,701 (8.3%).
Parti Bersama, contesting in Melaka for the first time, obtained 19,176 votes (3.9%). Bersatu, which fielded candidates in seven constituencies, garnered 15,428 votes (3.2%).
Putra received 1,317 votes (0.3%), while independent candidates contesting in three constituencies collectively polled 875 votes (0.2%).
The election results saw BN win 21 seats, PH four and PN three, giving the BN-PN combination a total of 24 seats – comfortably above the 19 required for a two-thirds majority in the 28-seat assembly.
The Election Commission (SPR) said 493,573 voters, representing 71.77% of the electorate, turned out to cast their ballots.
“The total includes ordinary voters, early voters and postal voters,” it said.
Meanwhile, BN’s Datuk Rais Yasin recorded the biggest winning majority in Sungai Udang, retaining the seat with a 16,214-vote margin.
He defeated Bersatu and Bersama candidates, who received 2,103 and 1,322 votes respectively.
Sungai Udang was among the constituencies attracting considerable attention during the election, with 22,195 of its 29,692 registered voters casting their ballots.
At the other end of the scale, BN’s Datuk Ngwe Hee Sem recorded the narrowest winning majority, securing Machap Jaya with 6,686 votes in a three-cornered contest.
He defeated PH’s Datuk Ginie Lim Siew Lin and Bersama’s Prasanth Kumar Brakasam.
Ngwe had previously retained the seat in the 2021 Melaka state election with a majority of 938 votes. – November 15, 2026