MELAKA: Barisan Nasional has received the Pengkalan Batu seat in a five-cornered combat with a razor-thin majority of 131.
Barisan’s candidate Datuk Kalsom Noordin garnered 4,839 votes whereas her closest opponent Muhamad Danish Zainudin of Pakatan Harapan has 4,708 votes.
Perikatan Nasional’s Mohd Azrudin Md Idris has 2,681 votes.
Former rep, Norhizam Hassan Baktee, solely has 1,218 seats and has misplaced his deposit.
Norhizam received the seat in GE14 when he was with DAP, earlier than turning Impartial in 2020.
The fifth candidate, Mohd Aluwi Sari of Perkasa, additionally misplaced his deposit after securing solely 82 votes.
With the most recent outcomes, Barisan received 21 seats out of 28 it contested.
