Melaka State Election: BN-PN Wins 24 of 28 Seats as Anwar's Pakatan Harapan Slumps to Four Seats in Third Straight State Defeat
Malaysia's Melaka state election was held on November 14, and the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) together captured 24 of the state assembly's 28 seats, 21 for BN and three for PN. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's Pakatan Harapan (PH) retained just four seats, one fewer than its five in 2021, all four won by the Democratic Action Party in urban seats with Malaysian Chinese majorities. Turnout was 71.77 percent.
BN took 240,651 votes, or 49.2 percent, up from the 38.39 percent BN won in 2021 when BN and PN contested separately, while PH's share fell from 35.80 percent to 29.3 percent. PH component parties PKR and Amanah won no seats at all, and Bersatu, contesting seven seats under its own banner, also won none.
It was PH's third state-election defeat this year. In Johor on July 11, BN alone won 48 of 56 seats as PH fell from 12 seats to eight; in Negeri Sembilan on August 1, the BN-PN combination took 25 of 36 seats as PH dropped from 17 to 11. BN chairman and deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called the Melaka outcome a hat-trick of wins and spoke of continuing 'blue wave' momentum.
BN and PH are allies in Anwar's federal unity government, but in state polls BN has partnered with the opposition PN under a Malay unity pact, putting it in direct competition with the prime minister's own coalition. Analysts say the Melaka result could intensify pressure for an early 16th general election, which must be called by February 2028; Anwar has said the timing depends on several factors and would be decided after consulting coalition partners and the king.
(Source: Election Commission of Malaysia)
Source: Election Commission of Malaysia
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