| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
| David Cheong Kian Young | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Constituency Am1: | Kajang |
| Assembly1: | Selangor State Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 12 August 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Hee Loy Sian (PH–PKR) |
| Majority1: | 34,394 (2023) |
| Birth Name: | David Cheong Kian Young |
| Birth Place: | Malaysia |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Alma Mater: | Dharma Buddhist University (MA at Buddhism research works & diploma at architecture) |
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David Cheong Kian Young is a Malaysian politician and businessman who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kajang since August 2023. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has also served as Member of the Central Leadership Council (MPP), Deputy Division Chief of Kuala Langat and deputy director of the State Elections Department (JPRN) of PKR as well as the Treasurer of JPRN of PH of Selangor since 2022.[1]
He served as the Chairman of the Polling District Committee (JDM) of PKR of Sungai Jarom from 2008 to 2010, State Deputy Chairman of the Welfare Bureau of PKR of Selangor from 2010 to 2013 and the Treasurer of JPRN of Selangor from 2020 to 2022.
In the 2023 Selangor state election, Cheong made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest the Kajang state seat. Cheong won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Kajang MLA after defeating Allan Liew Sin Kim of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Arutchelvan Subramaniam of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) by a majority of 34,394 votes.[2]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N25 Kajang | (PKR) | 54,794 | 70.36% | Allan Liew Sin Kim (BERSATU) | 20,400 | 26.20% | 77,875 | 34,394 | 70.93% | ||
| bgcolor= | Arutchelvan Subramaniam (PSM) | 2,681 | 3.44% | |||||||||