{
  "id": 19904349,
  "title": "Ab Rauf, his wife finished voting in Tanjung Bidara",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/ab-rauf-isteri-selesai-mengundi-di-tanjung-bidara-19904349",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T01:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/11/14/ab-rauf-isteri-selesai-mengundi-di-tanjung-bidara"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": "Ab Rauf Yusoh, the Chief Minister of Melaka and Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Tanjung Bidara state seat, cast his vote at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Jeram, accompanied by his wife, Zuriyah Abd Aziz. He voted at 8:35am after arriving at the polling centre at 8:15am and later took the time to interact with voters and the public. Ab Rauf expressed gratitude for being able to fulfil his duty as a Malaysian citizen and praised the Election Commission (SPR) officials for their orderly and efficient management of the polling process. He also urged voters who had not yet cast their ballots to do so in the morning due to forecasted rain in the afternoon. The Tanjung Bidara state seat has 15,003 registered voters, with 1,866 voters at the SK Jeram polling centre.",
  "summary": "BN Melaka chairman who is also the candidate for the Tanjung Bidara state seat arrived at the polling centre at SK Jeram at 8.15am.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Melaka polls: Ab Rauf leads 3,000-strong motorcycle convoy in Tanjung Bidara",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/melaka-polls-ab-rauf-leads-3-000-strong-motorcycle-convoy-in-tanjung",
        "published": "2026-11-13T10:52:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "Rauf casts ballot, Tanjung Bidara turnout at 20pct by 10am as Malacca heads to polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/rauf-casts-ballot-tanjung-bidara-turnout-at-20pct-by-10am-as-malacca",
        "published": "2026-11-14T02:31:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}