PETALING JAYA: MCA retains the Machap Jaya and Kelebang state seats under the Barisan Nasional banner in the Melaka polls.
In Machap Jaya, unofficial results show that MCA's Datuk Ngwe Hee Sem won with 5,931 votes, defeating Pakatan Harapan's Datuk Ginie Lim Siew Lin, who garnered 4,006 votes, and Bersama candidate Prasanth Kumar Brakasam, who received 267 votes.
Ngwe wins with a majority of 1,925 votes.
In Kelebang, MCA's Datuk Lim Ban Hong wins with 10,397 votes, ahead of Pakatan's Farzana Hayani Mohd Nasir, who received 4,605 votes. Bersatu's Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad polled 795 votes, while Bersama's Young Jie Yu received 655 votes.
Lim's majority is 5,782 votes.
