{
  "id": 17357434,
  "title": "Melaka polls: Rais to announce special pledges for Sungai Udang voters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/melaka-polls-rais-to-announce-special-pledges-for-sungai-udang-voters",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T06:39:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1567602/melaka-polls-rais-announce-special-pledges-sungai-udang-voters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Rais Yasin plans to unveil a special pledge for Sungai Udang voters after the coalition releases its election manifesto. Rais, who is facing a three-way contest against Bersatu's Abdullah Mahadi and Bersama's Mohd Ridzuan Abdul Rahman, made the announcement at the BN Sungai Udang main operations room. The 2021 Melaka state election saw Rais win the Sungai Udang seat with 6,789 votes, narrowly defeating BN candidate Mohamad Ali Mohamad by 530 votes. The campaign period for the 16th Melaka state election begins today, with early voting on Nov 10 and polling day on Nov 14.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}