SHAH ALAM – Perikatan Nasional's (PN) bid to wrest the Ayer Keroh state seat from DAP has fallen short, with its Gerakan candidate, Datuk Michael Gan, trailing based on the latest unofficial current vote count in the Melaka state election.
According to the latest figures, Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Kerk Chee Yee is leading with 13,516 votes, compared to Michael's 8,002.
The two other candidates, Muhammad Muhaimin Lau Abdullah from Parti Bersama and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) candidate Mohd Hamnaim Mohamad, secured 1,889 and 1,038 votes respectively.
PN contested five state seats in the election, with Ayer Keroh being the only constituency allocated to Gerakan, the coalition's component party contesting the seat.
In the 2021 Melaka state election, DAP's Kerk retained the Ayer Keroh seat with 9,459 votes and a majority of 5,624.
Michael, who also represented PN in that election, secured 2,479 votes, while Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Yong Fun Juan received 3,835 votes.