KUALA LUMPUR — Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Datuk Seri Dr Ab Rauf Yusoh will be nominated for Melaka Chief Minister again, following the BN-Perikatan National (PN) two-thirds majority win in the state election today.
BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Ab Rauf, who retained the Tanjung Bidara seat, will be BN-PN’s choice for chief minister as he had successfully led the pact to victory.
The letter of appointment for Ab Rauf would be submitted to Melaka Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Mohd Ali Rustam tonight, Zahid told reporters at a press conference at Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) in Ayer Keroh, Melaka.
Unofficial results as of 9.20 pm showed BN and PN winning 24 of the 28 seats in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.
Pakatan Harapan (PH) won the remaining four.
Unofficial results as of 9.30 pm showed that Ab Rauf, the incumbent Tanjung Bidara assemblyman, retained the seat by defeating PH candidate Mohd Yunazri Mustamiri.
Ab Rauf beat first-time candidate Yunazri by a margin of more than 8,600 votes. Tanjung Bidara, which has 15,003 voters, saw a turnout of 77.57%.
Ab Rauf first won the seat in the 2021 Melaka state election by a slim majority of 364 votes in a three-way contest.
Zahid, meanwhile, thanked voters for giving BN and PN their mandate.
“It is also time to put the past behind us and unite all the people of Melaka, regardless of their political affiliations,” added the Deputy Prime Minister. - November 14, 2026
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