KUALA LUMPUR — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has accepted its defeat in the 16th Melaka state election to the Barisan Nasional-Perikatan Nasional pact, said PH state chairman Adly Zahari.
“Pakatan has won four out of the 24 seats it contested, based on official results. BN-PN has won 24 seats, and we four,” Adly said in a press conference at the coalition’s operations room in Melaka tonight.
“Pakatan accepts the results and we will focus on strengthening our efforts for the future,” he added.
Adly, who is the Deputy Defence Minister, said the results would also be brought before the PH Presidential Council for a comprehensive review, taking into account previous state election outcomes, including those in Johor and Negeri Sembilan.
“I believe PH will have much to explain and reflect upon following today’s results in Melaka,” he said.
PH’s four seats retained in the Melaka polls are Ayer Keroh, Kesidang, Bandar Hilir dan Kota Laksamana.
The coalition had earlier targeted victory in 18 of the 24 seats it was contesting.
According to unofficial results, BN-PN has won 19 out of Melaka’s 28 seats, giving the pact a two-thirds majority to form the next state government.
The Election Commission, which is to release full and official results later tonight, has so far confirmed 15 seats for BN-PN, giving it a simple majority.
Adly, who was formerly Melaka chief minister when PH governed Melaka from 2018 to 2020, also lost in the Bukit Katil seat he was defending. He was in a four-cornered fight with PN’s Muhammad Ridzuan Mohd Sarif, Bersama’s Dr Aliza Che Amran and an independent candidate, Abu Bakar Sabudin.
Adly, who is also Alor Gajah MP and Amanah vice-president first won the Bukit Katil state seat in the 2018 election with a 3,159-vote majority in a three-cornered contest.
His majority shrank to 1,057 votes in Bukit Katil in the 2021 Melaka state election in a four-cornered fight. – November 14, 2026