Tak cukup masa rapatkan jurang, kata Adly selepas tewas di Bukit Katil

Bekas ketua Menteri Melaka, Adly Zahari, acknowledged his defeat in the Melaka PRN election after failing to retain his Bukit Katil parliamentary seat. The former premier of Melaka stated that he realized his position was far behind days before the voting day. "I tried to bridge that gap, but there was not enough time," he said during a post-election media briefing.

Adly lost to Perikatan Nasional's Ridzuan Sarif, a PAS candidate, in a one-on-one contest in Bukit Katil. He first won the Bukit Katil seat in the 2018 general election with a 3,159-vote majority in a three-cornered race. He retained the seat in the 2021 PRN, but his majority dwindled to 1,057 votes in a four-cornered race. Adly's defeat was widely anticipated, with former DAP MP Ong Kian Ming predicting that Bukit Katil would fall to the PH opposition's onslaught.

Meanwhile, Adly said the PH would assess the PRN Melaka results at its upcoming Presidential Council meeting, while also reviewing the voting pattern of the younger demographic. "We will evaluate our performance and prepare for the upcoming general elections," he said.