PH’s Kerk youngest winner in Melaka polls, BN’s Rauf is oldest

In the Melaka state election, the youngest winner was DAP publicity secretary Kerk Chee Yee, who secured 34 years of age at the polls. Meanwhile, incumbent BN chief minister Ab Rauf Yusoh, aged 65, was the oldest among the winners. Kerk campaigned in the Ayer Keroh state seat, where he defeated PN candidate Gan Peng Lam, Muhaimin Lau Abdullah of Bersama, and Hamnaim Mohamad of Bersatu.

Kerk won the election by a margin of 5,604 votes. The Ayer Keroh constituency, with 38,252 registered voters, is part of the Hang Tuah Jaya parliamentary constituency. On the other hand, BN's Ab Rauf Yusoh retained his Tanjung Bidara state seat after outperforming PH candidate Yunazri Mustamiri, who collected 1,464 votes. Rauf's victory in Tanjung Bidara was marked by an 8,615-vote majority, up from a 364-vote margin in the 2021 state election.

Among the 14 women candidates who contested in the Melaka state election, only four emerged victorious - three from BN and one from PH. The winning BN candidates included Tuminah Kadi @ Hashim in Pantai Kundor, Siti Aisyah Mahmood in Pengkalan Batu, and Khaidhirah Abu Zahar in Rim. In the end, BN secured 21 out of the 28 state seats, establishing a two-thirds majority, while PH retained four seats and PN claimed three.