Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Ab Rauf are pictured at Barisan Nasional’s command centre in Ayer Keroh November 20, 2021.- Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates romped to victory in the Melaka polls yesterday, winning 21 seats from a total of 28.
In total, 95,157 votes were cast for BN candidates with the largest margin of victory coming in the Lendu seat where the party’s chief minister candidate Datuk Seri Sulaiman Ali won with 4,486 votes compared to Bersatu’s Major Abdullah Mahadi with 1,382 votes, a difference of 3,104 votes.
Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh trumped Perikatan Nasional (PN) Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin with a thin majority of 364 votes in the hot seat of Tanjung Bidara.
Ab Rauf garnered 3,559 votes, while Mas Ermieyati obtained 3,195 votes. Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Zainal Hassan only managed a mere 489 votes.
BN component parties MCA contributed two seats (Machap Jaya and Kelebang) and MIC one seat (Gadek) to its total 21-seat tally.
PH component party DAP’s candidates won with huge margins in their constituencies.
Kesidang candidate Seah Soo Chin won with a massive margin of 10,237 votes to closest rival Leong Hui Ying from BN component party MCA.
Ayer Keroh’s DAP candidate Kerk Chee Yee also won with a margin of 5,624 votes from closest rival Yong Fuan Juan from BN component party MCA, while Kota Laksamana candidate Low Chee Leong won a landslide 11,494 votes from Benjamin Low Chin Hong of MCA as well.
DAP also won Bandar Hilir while another PH component party Amanah took Bukit Katil.
PH’s main party PKR, meanwhile, lost in all 11 seats that it contested, and saw its state chief Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin losing in Paya Rumput.
PN component party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) won two seats in the form of Sungai Udang and Bemban.
However, PN’s other component parties PAS and Gerakan won no seats yesterday.
The breakdown of who won what is as follows:
N01 Kuala Linggi
Number of Registered Voters: 10,928
Majority : 1,836
Rosli Abdullah, BN (Umno), 3,554 votesJulasapiyah Kassim, PH (Amanah), 1,718 votesDatuk Kamisan Palil, Independent, 51 votes Aziah Mohd Sa’ad, PN (PAS), 1,645 votes
N02 Tanjung Bidara
Number of Registered Voters: 10,133
Majority: 364
Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, PN (Bersatu), 3,195 votesZainal Hassan, PH (PKR), 489 votes Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh, BN (Umno), 3,559 votes
N03 Ayer Limau
Number of Registered Voters: 11,227
Majority : 1,085
Datuk Hameed Basheer, BN (Umno), 3,838 votesMazenah Baharuddin, PH (Amanah), 798 votes Dr Nordina Abd Latif, PN (Bersatu), 2,753 votes
N04 Lendu
Number of Registered Voters: 10,561
Majority 3,104
Major (Rtd) Abdullah Mahadi, PN (Bersatu), 1,382 votesMohamad Asri Ibrahim, PH (PKR), 1,155 votesDatuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali, BN (Umno), 4,486 votes
N05 Taboh Naning
Number of Registered Voters: 8,661
Majority 1,825
Abu Hashim Abdul Samad, PN (PAS), 1,345 votesZulkiflee Mohd Zin, BN (Umno), 3,170 votesZairi Suboh, PH (Amanah), 1,024 votes
N06 Rembia
Number of Registered Voters: 15,756
Majority : 860
K. Murali, Independant, 64 votes Zamri Pakiri, PH (PKR), 3,364 votesSabarudin Kudus, Independent, 67 votes Datuk Muhammad Jailani Khamis, BN (Umno), 4,224 votesZamzuri Arifin, PN (Bersatu), 2,433 votes
N07 Gadek
Number of Registered Voters: 12,641
Majority : 559
P. Shanmugam V. Ptcyhay, BN (MIC), 3,022 votesAzafen Amin, Independent, 60 votes Laila Norinda Maon, Putra, 68 votesMohan Singh Booda Singh, Independent, 23 votesMohd Amir Fitri Muharam, PN (Bersatu), 2,041 votesG. Saminathan, PH (DAP), 2,463 votes
N08 Machap Jaya
Number of Registered Voters: 12,487
Majority 938
Ngwe Hee Sem, BN (MCA), 3,732 votesLaw Bing Haw, PH (PKR), 2,794 votesAbdul Aziz Osani Kasim, Parti Perikatan India Muslim Nasional (Iman), 167 votes Azlan Daud, Independent, 101 votes Tai Siong Jiul, PN (Bersatu), 1,202 votes
N09 Durian Tunggal
Number of Registered Voters: 13,312
Majority : 559
Mohd Erfan Mahrilar, Independent, 58 votes Zahari Abd Kalil, BN (Umno), 3,663 votes Sofi Wahab, PH (Amanah), 3,104 votes Ja’afar Othman, PN (PAS), 2,208 votes
N10 Asahan
Number of Registered Voters: 15,745
Majority 2,993 votes
Mohd Noor Salleh, Independent, 44 votes Fairul Nizam Roslan, BN (Umno), 5,659 votesAzmar Abdul Hamid, Independent, 99 votes B. Dhanesh, PN (Gerakan), 1,364 votesDatuk Seri Idris Haron, PH (PKR), 2,666 votes Mohd Akhir Ayob, Independent, 136 votes
N11 Sungai Udang
Number of Registered Voters: 22,793
Majority 530
Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad, BN (Umno), 6,259 votesDr Mohd Aleef Yusof, PN (Bersatu), 6,789 votes Hasmorni Tamby, PH (PKR), 2,035 votes Datuk Mohd Zahar Hasim, Independent, 471
N12 Pantai Kundor
Number of Registered Voters: 15,469
Majority : 827
Mohamad Ridzwan Mustafa, PN (Bersatu), 3,133 votes Datuk Nor Azman Hassan, PH (Amanah), 2,799 votesTuminah Kadi @ Mohd Hasim, BN (Umno), 3,960 votes
N13 Paya Rumput
Number of Registered Voters: 26,455
Majority : 629
Datuk Rais Yasin, BN (Umno), 6,830 votes Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, PH (PKR), 6,201 votesMuhammad Faris Izwan Mazlan, PN (Bersatu), 3,972 votes Mohamad Hashidi Mohd Zin, Perkasa, 81 Major (Rtd) Mohd Jaini Dimon, Independent, 127 votes
N14 Kelebang
Number of Registered Voters: 19,976
Majority : 876
Bakri Jamaluddin, PN (PAS), 3,884 votesDatuk Lim Ban Hong, BN (MCA), 5,028 votesGue Teck, PH (PKR), 4,152 votes
N15 Pengkalan Batu
Number of Registered Voters: 20,821
Majority : 131
Muhammad Danish Zainudin, PH (DAP), 4,708 votes Mohd Azrudin Md Idris, PN (Bersatu), 2,681 votesDatuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee, Independent, 1,218 votesMohd Aluwi Sari, Putra, 82 votes Datuk Kalsom Noordin, BN (Umno), 4,839 votes
N16 Ayer Keroh
Number of Registered Voters: 25,945
Majority : 5,624 votes
Datuk Seri Micheal Gan Peng Lam, PN (Gerakan), 2,479 votesKerk Chee Yee, PH (DAP), 9,459 votes Yong Fun Juan, BN (MCA), 3,835 votes
N17 Bukit Katil
Number of Registered Voters: 25,410
Majority ; 1,057
Datuk Hasnoor Sdg Husin, BN (Umno), 5,748 votesAbdul Hamid Mustapah, Independent, 109 votes Adly Zahari, PH (Amanah), 6,805 votesMuhammad Al Afiz Yahya, PN (PAS), 3,715 votes
N18 Ayer Molek
Number of Registered Voters: 17,863
Majority : 2,802
Datuk Rahmad Mariman, BN (Umno), 6,348 votesAhmad Muaz Idris, Independent, 90 votes Mohd Fadly Samin, PN (Bersatu), 3,546 votes Mohd Rafee Ibrahim, PH (PKR), 2,446 votes
N19 Kesidang
Number of Registered Voters: 37,304
Majority : 10,237
Seah Shoo Chin (Allex Seah), PH (DAP), 14,769 votesPatrick Ng Chin Kae, PN (Gerakan), 3,124 votesLeong Hui Ying, BN (MCA), 4,532 votes
N20 Kota Laksamana
Number of Registered Voters: 28,777
Majority : 11,494
Fong Khai Ling, PN (Gerakan), 1,190 votes Benjamin Low Chin Hong, BN (MCA), 2,014 votesLow Chee Leong, PH (DAP), 13,508 votes
N21 Duyong
Number of Registered Voters: 18,237
Majority : 200
Gan Tian Soh, Independent, 60 votes (lost deposit)Mohd Faizal Amzah, Perkasa, 52 votes (lost deposit)Mohd Noor Helmy Abdul Halim, BN (Umno), 4,684 votesDamian Yeo Shen Li, PH (DAP), 4,484 votes Datuk Kamarudin Sedik, PN (PAS), 2,874 votesMuhamad Hafiz Ishak, Independent, 57 votes
N22 Bandar Hilir
Number of Registered Voters: 19,909
Majority : 7,778
Mak Chee Kin, Independent, 159 votes Leng Chau Yen, PH (DAP), 9,091 votesLee Kah Sean, BN (MCA), 1,313 votes Clarice Chan Ming Wang, PN (Gerakan), 634 votes
N23 Telok Mas
Number of Registered Voters: 20,712
Majority : 2,076
Datuk Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen, PN (Bersatu), 3,976 votesMuhammad Ariff Adly Mohammad, Independent, 153 votesDatuk Ashraf Mukhlis Minghat, PH (Amanah), 3,891 votesDatuk Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman, BN (Umno), 6,052 votes
N24 Bemban
Number of Registered Voters: 18,573
Majority : 328
Azmi Kamis, Independent, 130 votesDatuk Ng Choon Koon, Independent, 850 votesTey Kok Kiew, PH (DAP), 3,095 votesDatuk Koh Chin Han, BN (MCA), 3,883 votesDr Mohd Yadzil Yaakub, PN (Bersatu), 4,211 votes
N25 Rim
Number of Registered Voters: 13,672
Majority : 1,327
Azalina Abdul Rahman, PN (Bersatu), 2,710 votesB. Prasanth Kumar, PH (PKR), 2,163 votesDatuk Khaidhirah Abu Zahar, BN (Umno), 4,037 votes
N26 Serkam
Number of Registered Voters: 15,977
Majority : 79
Datuk Norazlanshah Hazali, Independent, 99Ahmad Bilal Rahaudin, PN (PAS), 4,959Ustaz Muhammad Khomeini Kamal, PH (Amanah), 1,535Datuk Zaidi Attan, BN (Umno), 5,038
N27 Merlimau
Number of Registered Voters: 14,014
Majority : 3,248
Azrin Ab Majid, PH (Amanah), 2,385Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh, BN (Umno), 5,633 Abd Alim Shapie, PN (PAS), 1,622
N28 Sungai Rambai
Number of Registered Voters: 11,837
Muhammad Jefri Safry, PN (Bersatu), 2,664Farzana Hayani Nasir, PH (PKR), 1,356Nazatul Asyraf Md Dom, Putra, 84 Siti Faizah Abdul Azis, BN (Umno), 3,801