KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): The results of the 15th general election (GE15) will be known later on Saturday (Nov 19) night. Follow our live blog as The Edge Malaysia team brings you the news as it takes place.

BN chairman and Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has retained the Bagan Datuk seat, raising the coalition’s Dewan Rakyat tally to 30 — down from 44 that it held before the Parliament was dissolved on Oct 10 to make way for GE15.

He won against PH’s Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar from PKR, with a majority of just 348 — lower than his GE14 majority of 5,073 votes in 2018.

Overall, BN has been wiped out in Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Penang, Perlis, Selangor, and Terengganu, as well as in Labuan and Putrajaya.

Below is BN’s official tally:

An Umno spokesperson said the BN component parties will be holding a political bureau meeting at 12pm on Sunday (Nov 20), followed by an Umno supreme council meeting at 3pm. 

At the time of writing, BN had won just 29 seats out of 179 contested.

MIC candidate D Kajendran has lost in Kota Raja in an eight-cornered fight, with heavyweight Mohammad Sabu, or Mat Sabu, from PH defending the seat with a majority of 73,998 votes.

Kajendran only garnered 22,225 votes, falling behind Mat Sabu (123,306 votes) and PN's Mohamed Diah Baharun (49,308 votes).

Five other candidates from Pejuang, PRM and three independent candidates lost their deposits.

Following the coalition's poor results in GE15, BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said in a statement that the coalition accepts the will of the people. 

"BN considers the GE15 results a huge signal from the people to us. However, BN is committed to continue contributing in seeing the creation of a stable government, we are ready to put aside our prior sentimental differences," Zahid said.

"BN is committed to form good relations between states in [the] peninsula with Sabah and Sarawak," Zahid said.

"We are ready to be the bridge to the relationship.

"In the meantime, BN will focus on building its strength, especially in facing current challenges and further understand the new generation," he added.

BN chairman and Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is "okay", former deputy finance minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, or Jo Ghani, told reporters upon arriving at Menara Dato' Onn.

"Wait for the announcement tomorrow," he says, adding that caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob Sabri has left the building.

A BN spokesperson confirmed that Ismail Sabri left the Umno headquarters at around 1am.

Ismail Sabri managed to retain his Bera seat for the fifth time, with a majority of 16,695 votes against PH's Abas Awang. Read full story

BN's Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin also managed to retain his Kinabatangan seat for the sixth term to beat Warisan's Mazliwati Abdul Malek by a majority of 4,330.

However, Umno youth chief Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki lost in Gerik, losing to PN's Fathul Huzir Ayob who won by a majority of 1,377 votes.

Former MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai also appears to have been unable to wrest back the Bentong seat, after PH's Young Syefura Othman tweeted Alhamdulillah in her Twitter. 

With several parliamentary seats left to be announced, BN communications officials are seen already taking down the BN banners in Dewan Tun Hussein Onn here. The hall is set to be unused as the coalition trails behind its competitors in the election. 

Media personnel are now camped at the entrance of Menara Dato' Onn — but no BN top leaders have emerged.

A fully tinted Toyota Alphard was seen arriving at the entrance of the building, but drove away when it saw the group of reporters. 

MIC officially lost one of the seats it contested, namely Hulu Selangor, as Datuk T Mohan came in third place. PN's Hasnizan Harun emerged as the winner.

Earlier in Kelantan, Machang incumbent Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yakub failed to retain his seat, after Bersatu youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal from PN won the seat.

At the time of writing, BN's official Dewan Rakyat tally stood at 16 seats, behind PN (35), PH (32) and GPS (20).

Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor lost the Putrajaya seat to PN's Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin from Bersatu.

Official results also showed Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, or Jo Ghani, wresting back the Titiwangsa seat with a 4,632 majority ahead of PH's Khalid Abd Samad. Read the full story

In what appears to be a repeat of the sombre situation here in 2018, the area outside of Dewan Tun Hussein Onn is mostly empty, save for the Riverside Restaurant where BN hopefuls are still seated as they follow the outcome of the general election.

There are no official announcements yet on the seats contested by MIC including Tapah and Sungai Siput in Perak, which are being contested by Datuk Seri M Saravanan and Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran respectively, amid rumours of the BN component party being wiped out in this election. It has 10 candidates in GE15. 

Meanwhile, Umno information chief Shahril Sufian Hamdan has lost in Alor Gajah against PH's Adli Zahari, who won with a majority of 920 votes.

It is official: BN's Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz has lost in his election debut in Kuala Selangor against PH's Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad, who won with a majority of 1,002 votes. Read the full story

Dzulkefly, who is former health minister and Parti Amanah Negara strategy director, defended the seat by receiving 31,033 votes, against Tengku Zafrul (30,031 votes), PN's Ustaz Mohd Noor Shahar (23,639 votes), while Pejuang's Shaid Rosli lost his deposit with 1,778 votes.

Tan Sri Annuar Musa, who was sidelined by Umno and not allowed to defend his Ketereh seat in GE15, has called for a unity government comprising BN, PN, GRS in Sabah and GPS in Sarawak. 

"Those who failed, please step back. Take responsibility," Annuar said in a Facebook post. 

The Ketereh parliament seat was snatched away from BN by PN's Major General (Rtd) Datuk Khlir Mohd Nor from Bersatu with a majority of 23,107 votes ahead of BN's Marzuani Ardilla Ariffin in a four-cornered fight. 

Annuar's statement came as EC official scoreboard shows PH leading with 23 seats, followed by PN (20), GPS (17), and BN (13). 

GRS held three seats while Warisan and PBM held one seat each. 

"The worst nightmare I pictured and hoped could be avoided has truly happened," Annuar said.

It is official — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, or Ku Li, has lost in Gua Musang against PN's Mohd Azizi Abu Naim from PAS. The Umno stalwart has held the seat since 1986. Read the full story

Ku Li lost his seat in a close call to Mohd Azizi, who won with a small majority of 163 votes. Mohd Azizi received 21,826 votes against Ku Li's 21,663. Abe Yo from PH lost his deposit with only 4,517 votes, while Datuk Dr Adabi from Pejuang received 371 votes.

The loss in Gua Musang effectively ended Ku Li's uninterrupted run in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974, when he first held the Ulu Kelantan seat.

BN has won 10 parliamentary seats so far:

Meanwhile, BN comms director and Lenggong candidate Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah was all smiles as he told reporters to "wait for the official results" when he arrived at WTCKL.

MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has retained his Ayer Keroh seat with a majority of 2,963 votes.

The caretaker transport minister received 18,911 votes, defeating PH's Sheikh Omar Ali (15,948 votes) and PN's Muhammad Syafiq A Aziz (11,833 votes).

Unofficial sources said former deputy finance minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, or Jo Ghani, is leading in the race for the Titiwangsa parliamentary seat so far, ahead of former federal territories minister Datuk Seri Khalid Samad of PH. 

Johari lost the seat in 2018 to Bersatu's Datuk Seri Rina Harun, who is contesting in Sepang in GE15. 

Meanwhile, caretaker finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz is trailing behind in his election debut in Kuala Selangor against PH incumbent Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan has retained his seat in Pontian with 23, 201 votes and a majority of 5,758 votes.

This was followed by PN's Isa Abd Hamid with 17,443 votes and PH's Shazwan ZDainal, who garnered 15,901 votes. Pejuang candidate Jamaluddin Mohamad lost with 306 votes.

Caretaker higher education minister Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad has retained Parit Sulong for BN's fifth official seat and fourth in Johor so far, with a majority of 2,021 votes, EC said.

She was contesting against PN's Dr Karim and PH's Mohd Faizal Dolah.

BN treasurer general Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has retained his Sembrong parliamentary seat by receiving an overwhelming majority of 10,880 votes.

He received a total of 22,572 votes against PH's Hasni Abas (11,692 votes) and PN's Aziz Ismail (6,666 votes).

Hishammuddin is the incumbent defence minister and managed to retain his fifth term.

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin won in the Kota Tinggi seat in Johor. Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, meanwhile, retained her Pengerang parliamentary seat, while Datuk Seri Hasni Mohammad, former Johor menteri besar, won the Simpang Renggam seat.

BN has officially snagged its first parliamentary seat by winning the Beaufort seat in Sabah, EC data showed. The coalition's candidate Datuk Siti Aminah Aching won the seat, with a 2,518 majority. She won a total of 10,570 votes.

The other candidates were Parti Kesejahyeraan Demokratik Masyarakat's (KDM) Datuk Johair Mat Lani (8,052) and PH's Dikin Musah (7,835). 

Three candidates lost their deposits including Warisan's Masri Abdul with 2,152 votes and two independent candidates (Johan @ Christopher O T Ghani, 546 and Matlani Sabli (143). 

The Beaufort seat was previously held by Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun, who won on Umno ticket in 2018 but later switched to Bersatu.

Meanwhile, more BN leaders are slowly arriving in WTCKL. The media has yet to be allowed to enter Dewan Tun Hussein Onn. 

The mood is cautious with BN supporters here as unofficial results by several media outlets show that the coalition is behind its main contenders in GE15: PH and PN.

"It looks a bit tough," says a party supporter. "This time is really unexpected; who knows how it will turn out compared with 2018."

More BN leaders have arrived here including Umno vice president Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid and former Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam, the crowd has yet to fill up the media waiting area outside of Dewan Tun Hussein Onn.

Based on MyUndi's partial unofficial tally (vote counting not completed in each seat), PH is leading with 54, followed by PN (37), GPS (21) and BN (20).

Official results by the EC so far showed that GPS won five seats: Betong, Mukah, Igan Batang Sadong and Lawas.

A BN spokesperson said BN chairman and former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has arrived at Umno's headquarters in WTCKL, and is waiting for other party leaders to arrive.

It is understood that caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is also at the premises.

Still no sight of BN leaders in WTCKL where reporters are camped outside of Dewan Tun Hussein Onn.

BN's media channel BN Communications reported that the coalition is leading in Rembau, contested by its candidate Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan; Gua Musang (Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah); and Bera (Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob).

However, no details were shared about the vote count.

Meanwhile, Bernama reported that Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin is now leading in the Kinabatangan seat.

Unofficial results indicate that MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong, who is contesting on a BN ticket, is leading the three-way race for the Ayer Hitam parliamentary seat with 7,102 votes, followed by PH's Sheikh Omar Ali (5,532) and Perikatan Nasional's (PN) Muhammad Syafiq A Aziz (3,555), according to a tally by MyUndi.

According to MyUndi, its unofficial results showed that BN is leading in 15 parliamentary seats, behind Gabungan Parti Sarawak's 24, PH's 23, and ahead of PN's 11.

Among the key seats in focus for BN include:

Supporters and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition members have gathered at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (previously known as Putra World Trade Centre), where Umno headquarters is located, ahead of the GE15 results viewing session on Saturday (Nov 19) night.

In the last GE14 in 2018, the Dewan Tun Hussein Onn in PWTC was pretty much left deserted by BN supporters halfway through the results viewing session, when it became apparent that the incumbent was being ousted from Putrajaya by Pakatan Harapan (PH) — the first time in BN's history.

BN won just 79 parliament seats on GE14, down from 133 in GE13. Following a series of party-hopping when it was the opposition, it was left with 43 seats (excluding one vacant seat due to the passing of Gerik MP Datuk Hasbullah Osman) by the time the Parliament was dissolved on Oct 10 this year.

Since GE14, BN has won several by-elections, including the Tanjung Piai by-election in Johor which saw MCA retaking the seat from Bersatu. Its last election tally was in the Johor state election in March 2022, where it won 40 of 52 seats amid a voter turnout of 54.92%.

In its bid to reclaim Putrajaya, BN — led by its chairman and former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi — is contesting 179 parliament seats in GE15, down from all 222 seats in GE14 in 2018. It did not contest all 31 seats in Sarawak and contested just 13 out of 25 seats in Sabah.

As of 4pm on Saturday, the GE15 voter turnout is at 70% or 14.82 million out of the 21.17 million registered voters, according to the Election Commission (EC). Polling officially ended at 5.30pm in Sabah and Sarawak and 6pm in Peninsular Malaysia.

Get our comprehensive GE15 coverage here.