Melaka state election 2026: polling 14 Nov, early voting 10 Nov and your polling centre

The 16th Melaka state election (PRU DUN Melaka Ke-16) fills the state assembly's 28 seats. The 15th assembly was dissolved on 23 Sep 2026. This guide lists the official Election Commission (SPR) dates and how voters can check where to vote. It is based on SPR Media Statement No. 49/2026 dated 7 Oct 2026.

Key dates for the 2026 Melaka state election

How to check where you vote

According to SPR, voters can check their polling centre, polling stream and serial number from 26 Oct 2026 through three channels:

1. MySPR Semak portal: mysprsemak.spr.gov.my, then choose Semakan Daftar Pemilih (electoral roll check).
2. The MySPR Semak app on your phone.
3. The SPR hotline 03-8892 7218, from 9am to 8pm every day.

The same portal also has candidate and election result checks. Use it to see the official list of candidates in your area after nomination day.

Who votes and where

SPR is using the latest electoral roll up to the July 2026 supplementary roll, updated to 22 Sep 2026. The roll has 687,697 voters:

• 675,166 ordinary voters;
• 9,769 armed forces personnel and their spouses;
• 2,762 police personnel.

A total of 271 polling centres with 1,263 polling streams will be used. Of these, 31 are early voting centres (50 streams) and 240 are ordinary polling centres (1,213 streams).

Postal vote applications in all categories opened online on 23 Sep 2026. Category 1B (citizens living abroad) and 1C (agencies or organisations) closed on 23 Oct 2026. Category 1A (election workers, SPR staff, police, armed forces and media workers) closed on 28 Oct 2026.

What to bring on polling day

Bring your identity document. For this election, SPR is extending the Optical Character Recognition – Voter Attendance (OCR-VA) system to all polling streams. The system records voter attendance automatically by scanning the identity document.

According to SPR, the voting procedure does not change. Voters go to the polling centre as usual, show their identity document to the staff and vote following the existing procedure.

Employees: the right to go out and vote

Polling day falls on a Saturday. As at 27 Oct 2026, we had not found an announcement of a special public holiday for that day.

Subsection 25(1) of the Election Offences Act 1954 (Act 5) requires employers to give employees who are registered voters a reasonable period to vote. According to a Human Resources Ministry statement issued for GE15:

• employers and employees can discuss time-off, a replacement day off or annual leave;
• employers may not impose any penalty or deduct the pay of employees who are absent from work to vote;
• employers who do not comply can be fined RM5,000 or jailed for a year if convicted.

Results and official information

SPR will livestream the process at selected polling centres and streams on its official Facebook page, including unofficial results after polling closes. Results can also be checked on MySPR Semak.

All media statements and postal vote information are on the special PRU DUN Melaka Ke-16 page of the SPR portal. For other holidays this month, see our list of public holidays for November and December 2026.

Beware of fake messages

Check where you vote only on mysprsemak.spr.gov.my or the official MySPR Semak app. Do not open "polling centre check" links from unknown numbers, and never give your OTP or password to anyone. You can check a suspicious message with our Scam Message Checker.