Chong Chen Bin | |||||||||||||
Birth Name: | Ben Chong Chen Bin | ||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Kudat, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) | ||||||||||||
Term Start: | 16 May 2018 | ||||||||||||
Term End: | 29 September 2020 | ||||||||||||
Alongside: | Azhar Matussin | ||||||||||||
1Blankname: | Chief Minister | ||||||||||||
1Namedata: | Shafie Apdal | ||||||||||||
Minister: | Wilfred Madius Tangau | ||||||||||||
Governor: | Juhar Mahiruddin | ||||||||||||
Constituency: | Tanjong Kapor | ||||||||||||
Predecessor: | Bolkiah Ismail | ||||||||||||
Successor: | Mohd Tamin Zainal | ||||||||||||
Constituency Am3: | Tanjong Kapor | ||||||||||||
Assembly3: | Sabah State Legislative | ||||||||||||
Term Start3: | 9 May 2018 | ||||||||||||
Majority3: | 2,992 (2018) 1,879 (2020) | ||||||||||||
Predecessor3: | Teo Chee Kang (BN–LDP) | ||||||||||||
Office8: | Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||
Subterm8: | 2018–2023 | ||||||||||||
Suboffice8: | Heritage Party | ||||||||||||
Subterm9: | 2023 | ||||||||||||
Suboffice9: | Independent | ||||||||||||
Subterm10: | 2023– | ||||||||||||
Suboffice10: | GAGASAN Party | ||||||||||||
Citizenship: | Malaysian | ||||||||||||
Party: | Heritage Party (WARISAN) Independent Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) | ||||||||||||
Otherparty: | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) | ||||||||||||
Occupation: | Politician | ||||||||||||
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Ben Chong Chen Bin is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjong Kapor since May 2018. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and former State Minister Wilfred Madius Tangau from May 2018 to the collapse of WARISAN state administration in September 2020. He is an independent in support of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition until February 21, 2023. He is an official member of the GAGASAN, the major component of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) since 2023.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2018 | N04 Tanjong Kapor | Chong Chen Bin (WARISAN) | 9,124 | 54.32% | Teo Chee Kang (LDP) | 6,132 | 36.50% | 17,242 | 2,992 | 72.10% | |||
Aliasgar Omolong (PAS) | 617 | 3.67% | |||||||||||
Tsen Chou Yin (PCS) | 481 | 2.86% | |||||||||||
Allaidly Poyon (PPRS) | 446 | 2.65% | |||||||||||
2020 | (WARISAN) | 7,206 | 49.84% | bgcolor= | Norlizah Gurahman (BERSATU) | 5,327 | 36.85% | 3,864 | 1,879 | 64.82% | |||
Chin Kee Yong (LDP) | 1,492 | 10.32% | |||||||||||
Shawn Davey Robert Lee (PCS) | 221 | 1.53% | |||||||||||
bgcolor= | Awang Karim Abdul Kadir (USNO Baru) | 211 | 1.46% |