Melaka polls expected to be high-stakes contest between BN and Pakatan in precursor to GE15 | Malay Mail

MELAKA, Nov 20 — The Melaka state election kicks off today, and all eyes will be on a political battle triggered by a rocky previous administration, which will be a taster of how the next general election will likely play out.

Pakatan Harapan’s Asahan candidate, Datuk Seri Idris Haron, speaks to the media at the nomination centre at the Selandar Community College in Jasin November 8, 2021. — Bernama picHowever, the ‘hot’ state constituencies with multi-cornered contests between political heavyweights will garner the most attention.

As for Tanjung Bidara, this state seat is set to see a three-cornered fight between state Umno liaison committee chief Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh representing BN, PN’s Mas Ermieyati, who is both a federal lawmaker and a deputy minister, and PH’s Zainal Hassan. He needs a strong majority to ensure he does not face a similar crisis of confidence and trust from within his own party, a situation that supposedly led to the election being triggered in the first place.

The last state constituency to keep an eye on would be the Pengkalan Batu state seat, where incumbent and political persona Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee is defending his seat as an Independent candidate in a five-cornered contest. One such seat is Gadek which PH’s DAP candidate won with a thin 307-vote majority in the 2018 general election .

Moreover, voters had also said they have other priorities, such as addressing pressing financial matters or restarting their business, especially after the country just exited a long lockdown that devastated the economy. Apart from meet-and-greets and other small-scale social events, the bulk of campaigning has been relegated online.

Both the BN and PH coalitions, which governed the historical state in the last three years, are looking to strengthen their hold on power in Melaka, especially after the collapse of the previous government.

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