Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk |
Lai Meng Chong | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Birth Date: | 1951 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Constituency Am: | Machap |
Assembly: | Malacca State Legislative |
Term Start: | 12 April 2007 |
Term End: | 8 May 2018 |
Majority: | 4,081 (2007) 1,639 (2008) 152 (2013) |
Predecessor: | Poh Ah Tiam (BN–MCA) |
Successor: | Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PH–PKR) |
Party: | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Nationality: | Malaysian |
Occupation: | Politician |
Lai Meng Chong (; born 3 September 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Chinese descent from the town of Machap Baru in Malacca state.[1] He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and holds the position of vice-chairman in the MCA's Alor Gajah division.[2] Lai is also the political secretary to the Malaysian Minister of Human Resources, MCA vice-president and MP for Alor Gajah, Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn. He was nominated as the BN's candidate in the 2007 Machap by-election.[2]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2007 | N08 Machap | (MCA) | 5,533 | 79.21% | Liou Chen Kuang (DAP) | 1,452 | 20.79% | 7,151 | 4,081 | 74.31% | ||||
2008 | Lai Meng Chong (MCA) | 4,707 | 60.54% | (PKR) | 3,068 | 39.46% | 7,986 | 1,639 | 77.10% | |||||
2013 | Lai Meng Chong (MCA) | 5,003 | 50.46% | Ginie Lim Siew Lin (PKR) | 4,851 | 48.93% | 10,123 | 152 | 86.65% | |||||
Ravinther Sekaran (KITA) | 61 | 0.61% |