Melaka Election: Turnout Reaches 55.21% by 2pm, SPR Says

MELAKA, November 14, 2026 – Turnout among ordinary voters in the 16th Melaka state election had reached 55.21 per cent by 2pm, six hours into polling, the Election Commission (Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya, SPR) said.

In its 2pm update, the commission said 369,484 of the 669,211 ordinary voters had cast their ballots, up from 48.13 per cent, or 322,072 voters, at 1pm. That is an increase of 47,412 voters in the hour after 1pm.

According to the commission, Sungai Udang (N.11) had the highest turnout at 2pm, at 63.07 per cent, followed by Serkam (N.26) at 60.78 per cent and Tanjung Bidara (N.02) at 59.53 per cent. The lowest readings were in Kesidang (N.19) at 48.59 per cent, Kota Laksamana (N.20) at 47.78 per cent and Bandar Hilir (N.22) at 45.45 per cent.

The highest and lowest three seats were unchanged from the 1pm update. Tanjung Bidara, where Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ab Rauf Yusoh of Barisan Nasional (BN) faces Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Mohd Yunazri Mustamiri in a straight fight, remained among the highest. Kesidang, which has the largest electorate of the 28 seats, stayed among the lowest three.

By 2pm, today’s official ordinary-voter turnout of 55.21 per cent was higher than the 50 per cent the commission reported at the same hour in the 15th Melaka state election on November 20, 2021, according to contemporaneous accounts of the SPR’s figures by Malay Mail and Malaysia Gazette. That election closed with a final turnout of 65.85 per cent, or 326,068 of 495,196 registered voters, including early and postal voters, the then SPR chairman, Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh, announced, Bernama reported.

A comparable 2pm figure for Melaka in the 15th general election, held on November 19, 2022, was not published. The state’s final turnout at that general election was 79.2 per cent, or 520,923 of 657,324 registered voters, according to official results compiled by ElectionData.MY, a figure also cited by Malaysiakini.

The SPR’s real-time voter turnout dashboard gave a later, rolling reading. When it was checked at 2.36pm, it showed 378,186 of 669,211 ordinary voters had voted, or 56.51 per cent. Including early voters, the dashboard showed 387,603 of 687,697 registered voters, or 56.36 per cent. The commission’s hourly announcements remain the official reference points.

Polling opened at 8am at 240 polling centres with 1,213 voting streams across the state and closes at 6pm. The SPR has set a turnout target of 70 per cent. Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun, the SPR chairman, said earlier on Saturday he was still confident of a turnout of 70 to 75 per cent, Bernama reported. A total of 79 candidates are contesting the 28 state assembly seats.

Life News Agency will update the turnout figures as the SPR releases them through the day.

Credit : Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR)

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