Kerk youngest winner in Melaka polls, Rauf oldest
Meanwhile, only four of the 14 women candidates who contested the Melaka state election won the voters' mandate, comprising three from BN and one from PH.
KUALA LUMPUR - Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Kerk Chee Yee, 34, emerged as the youngest winner in the 16th Melaka State Election, while incumbent Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ab Rauf Yusoh, 65, was the oldest.
Kerk polled 14,078 votes in a four-cornered contest for the Ayer Keroh state seat, defeating Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Gan Peng Lam (8,474 votes), Muhammad Muhaimin Lau Abdullah of Bersama (1,932 votes), and Mohd Hamnaim Mohamad of Bersatu (1,077 votes).
Kerk, who has held the seat for the past two terms, won with a majority of 5,604 votes.
The Ayer Keroh state constituency, which has 38,252 registered electors, is one of four state seats under the Hang Tuah Jaya parliamentary constituency.
Meanwhile, Ab Rauf retained the Tanjung Bidara state seat after securing 10,079 votes to defeat PH candidate Mohd Yunazri Mustamiri, who garnered 1,464 votes in a straight fight.
The Melaka Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman defended the seat with a majority of 8,615 votes, up from a 364-vote majority in the 2021 state election.
Meanwhile, only four of the 14 women candidates who contested the Melaka state election won the voters' mandate, comprising three from BN and one from PH.
The winning BN candidates are Tuminah Kadi @ Mohd Hashim in Pantai Kundor, Siti Aisyah Mahmood (Pengkalan Batu), and Khaidhirah Abu Zahar (Rim).
Tuminah defeated Bersatu candidate Asmah Samat with a majority of 2,752 votes after polling 8,864 votes against her challenger's 6,112.
Siti Aisyah, the sole female candidate in Pengkalan Batu, won a four-cornered contest with a majority of 6,358 votes.
She defeated PH's Jason Tze-xi Nathan (5,478 votes), Bersatu's Norhizam Hassan Baktee (876 votes), and Bersama's Goh Han Koon (618 votes).
Meanwhile, Rim incumbent Khaidhirah polled 9,847 votes to defeat PH's Esma Eazreen Husin (2,757 votes) with a majority of 7,090 votes.
PH candidate Leng Chau Yen defended the Bandar Hilir seat after polling 9,942 votes, defeating BN's Lok Huey Yee (2,085 votes) and Mohd Nor Rashidi Ab. Jalil (1,315 votes) to win with a majority of 7,857 votes.
In the 16th Melaka state election today, BN won 21 of the 28 state seats to secure a two-thirds majority, while PH retained four seats and PN three.
The Melaka State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on Sept 23, and the Election Commission (EC) set Oct 31 for nomination day, Nov 10 for early voting, and today for polling. - BERNAMA
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