Credit : NSTP archive (via Harian Metro)
MELAKA, November 9, 2026 – All Perikatan Nasional (PN) members have been instructed to vote for Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates in the 16th Melaka state election on November 14, 2026, PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan has said.
Takiyuddin said the directive was aimed at securing a strong win for the two coalitions, which are cooperating in the state election, the New Straits Times and Harian Metro reported.
“This is nothing new for PN. During the Johor election, we instructed our members to vote for PN in seats we contested and support BN against Pakatan Harapan in seats we did not contest,” he said.
“In Negri Sembilan, it was clear that we were working with Umno under the coalition arrangement there. Naturally, our members were required to support BN in all seats we did not contest. So this is nothing new in Melaka. I am merely reiterating the instructions given previously,” he added.
Takiyuddin, who is also PAS secretary-general, was speaking after addressing a Gelombang Biru (Blue Wave) ceramah for the Pantai Kundor state constituency in Tangga Batu. Also present were Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, BN’s election director for Pantai Kundor Datuk Noor Azman Hassan and the BN candidate for the seat, Datuk Tuminah Kadi.
With only a few days of campaigning left, he said PN was confident of contributing state seats. “Insya-Allah, we expect that the 21 seats contested by BN can be defended, and we are optimistic we can contribute three to four seats,” he said, as quoted by Harian Metro, adding that PN saw no major obstacles to achieving victory.
Pakatan Harapan has questioned whether the cooperation will deliver a full transfer of votes. Melaka PH chairman Adly Zahari said on November 8, 2026 that supporters of the two coalitions would not necessarily accept the arrangement, since some voters who previously chose PN had done so because they did not want to vote for BN, Free Malaysia Today reported.
Adly, a former chief minister who is defending the Bukit Katil seat, cited the Negeri Sembilan state election, where he said the highest vote transfer rate achieved was 70 per cent, and suggested that in Melaka the rate could be 60 or 50 per cent depending on how each side’s supporters received the cooperation. He also said new voters, numbering almost 4,000 in Bukit Katil, could influence the outcome as most did not hold strong party loyalties.
The election is being contested by 79 candidates for 28 state seats. Pakatan Harapan is fielding candidates in 24 seats, BN in 23, Parti Bersama Malaysia in 16, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia in seven and PN in five, with Parti Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia contesting one seat alongside three independent candidates.
In the 2021 Melaka state election, BN won 21 seats to form the state government, while Pakatan Harapan won five and PN two.
Early voting for 12,531 military and police personnel and their spouses took place on November 10, 2026. A total of 687,697 voters are eligible to vote, and the campaign ends at 11.59pm on November 13, 2026, ahead of polling day on November 14.
Sources: New Straits Times, Harian Metro, Free Malaysia Today
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