00:02Bersatu and Bersama suffered heavy losses in the Melaka Poles, forfeiting their deposits in all but one seat each.
00:10Bersatu retained its deposit only in Pantai Kundur, where its candidate Dr Asmah Samad polled 6,112 votes,
00:18losing to Barisan National's Datuk Tuminah Kadi, who secured 8,864 votes.
00:25In Bemban, Bersama candidate Dr Solehin Saleh, who is the brother of UMNO Youth Chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh,
00:32lost to Perikatan National's Dr Muhammad Yadzil Yaqub, polling 4,140 votes against the latter's 11,881.
00:43Solehin was the only Bersama candidate to retain his deposit out of the 16 seats contested by the party,
00:49which had said that its immediate aim in Melaka was to make incremental gains rather than win seats.
00:56Bersama leader Wong Chen had said they hoped to increase the vote share to 12%, from about 6% in
01:02the Johor election.
01:04Pakatan Harapan lost its deposit in Serkam after Muhammad Faik Azman secured only 1,943 votes,
01:11while Barisan National's Datuk Azman Abdullah won the seat with 14,632 votes.
01:18Pakatan Harapan 4,825 votes.
01:28While the
