DAP publicity secretary Kerk Chee Yee is 34, while BN state chairman Ab Rauf Yusoh is 65.KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Kerk Chee Yee, 34, emerged as the youngest winner in the Melaka state election, while incumbent chief minister Ab Rauf Yusoh, 65, was the oldest.
Kerk polled 14,078 votes in a four-cornered contest for the Ayer Keroh state seat, defeating Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Gan Peng Lam (8,474 votes), Muhaimin Lau Abdullah of Bersama (1,932 votes), and Hamnaim Mohamad of Bersatu (1,077 votes).
Kerk, who has held the seat for the past two terms, won with a majority of 5,604 votes.
The Ayer Keroh state constituency, which has 38,252 registered vvoters, is one of four state seats under the Hang Tuah Jaya parliamentary constituency.
