{
  "id": 20000526,
  "title": "PH hilang kubu kuat di Melaka, sekali lagi kecundang pada PRN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/ph-hilang-kubu-kuat-di-melaka-sekali-lagi-kecundang-pada-prn",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T14:56:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/11/14/ph-hilang-kubu-kuat-di-melaka-sekali-lagi-kecundang-pada-prn"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Melaka's Pakatan Harapan (PH) party suffered another defeat in the 2022 general election, marking the fourth consecutive loss, following elections in Sabah, Johor, and Negeri Sembilan. Only 24 candidates were fielded across Melaka's 28 parliamentary seats, with the party forming a partnership with former ally Bersatu in seven constituencies. Anwar Ibrahim's leadership alliance won four seats, one fewer than the five seats achieved in the 2021 PRN. Bersatu failed to win any seats, including the four districts it contested without facing PH candidates and three districts where both parties faced off. Within PH's component parties, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) showed the best performance, as seen in the previous PRN elections in Johor and Negeri Sembilan. Amanah lost its sole seat, mirroring its performance in the 2021 PRN. The People's Justice Party (PKR) again failed to win any seats, just as it did in 2021. DAP successfully retained its two strongholds, Bandar Hilir and Kota Laksamana, among predominantly Chinese voters, alongside maintaining control of two mixed constituencies, Kesidang and Ayer Keroh. However, Amanah faced a severe blow when former Melaka chief minister and PH vice-president Adly Zahari lost his Bukit Katil seat after two rounds of voting, following his defeat at the hands of PAS candidate Ridzuan Sarif. Adly, who had led the state government from 2018 to 2020, was the most prominent candidate within PH, aside from his role in the PH leadership alliance. His loss in Bukit Katil, a mixed constituency with around 64% Malay voters, highlighted the party's failure to win over Malay voter unity through cooperation with the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN). The potential lack of clarity in the partnership with former ally Bersatu, coupled with internal opposition within PKR to cooperation with Bersatu, which participated in the Sheraton Step, may have contributed to the failure. The PRN Melaka results are expected to further fuel calls for earlier general elections, but the question remains how PH will address the Malay unity narrative brought by BN and PN. While BN's resounding win in the 2021 PRN Melaka did not allow them to win any of the six parliamentary seats in the state in the 2022 general election, this situation may change in the upcoming PRU election as the Malay voter uniting narrative progresses through BN-PN cooperation.",
  "summary": "DAP menjadi satu-satunya parti komponen PH yang mencatat kemenangan, manakala Amanah kehilangan satu-satunya kerusi dan PKR sekali lagi gagal memenangi sebarang kerusi.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}