Leng Chau Yen Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Puan
Leng Chau Yen
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Native Name Lang:zh-my
Birth Name:Leng Chau Yen
Birth Date:14 November 1984
Birth Place:Melaka, Malaysia
Office:Deputy Member of the
Malacca State Executive Council
Term Start:6 April 2023
Governor:Mohd Ali Rustam
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Ab Rauf Yusoh
2Blankname:Member
2Namedata:Kalsom Noordin
Constituency:Bandar Hilir
Constituency Am1:Bandar Hilir
Term Start1:20 November 2021
Assembly1:Malacca State Legislative
Predecessor1:Tey Kok Kiew
(PHDAP)
Majority1:7,778 (2021)
Office2:State Vice Chairperson of the
Democratic Action Party of Melaka
Term Start2:25 January 2022
1Blankname2:Secretary-General
1Namedata2:Lim Guan Eng

Anthony Loke Siew Fook
2Blankname2:State Chairman
2Namedata2:Damian Yeo Shen Li

Tey Kok Kiew
Office3:Faction represented in Melaka State Legislative Assembly
Subterm3:2021–
Suboffice3:Pakatan Harapan
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Otherparty:Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:Politician
Alma Mater:New Era University

Leng Chau Yen (; born 14 November 1984) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh and Member Kalsom Noordin since April 2023 as well as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandar Hilir since November 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. She has served as State Vice Chairperson of the DAP of Malacca since January 2022 and Women Chief of DAP of Kota Melaka since 2020. She is presently one of the only two Melaka Deputy EXCO Members of PH and DAP along with Low Chee Leong and the sole female Melaka MLA of PH and DAP. She also served as the State Publicity Secretary of DAP of Malacca from 2018 to her promotion to the vice chairpersonship in 2022, Political Secretary and Special Officer to former Melaka EXCO Member and Bandar Hilir MLA Tey Kok Kiew from 2013 to 2021, Division Youth Publicity Secretary of DAP of Kota Melaka in 2014, Division Youth Secretary of DAP of Kota Melaka from 2015 to 2016, Branch Secretary of the DAP of Kampung Hilir from 2014 to 2016, State Assistant Secretary of DAP of Melaka from 2016 to 2018, State Women Secretary of DAP of Melaka from 2017 to 2019 and State Youth Vice Chief of DAP of Malacca from 2017 to 2019.[1]

Political career

Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (since 2021)

In the 2021 Malacca state election, Leng made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Bandar Hilir state seat, taking over Melaka DAP Chairman Tey Kok Kiew who switched to the Bemban state seat. She won the seat and was elected to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly as the Bandar Hilir MLA for the first term after defeating Lee Kah Sean of BN, Clarice Chan Ming Wang of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and independent candidate Mak Chee Kin by a majority of 7,778 votes.

State Secretary of the Democratic Action Party of Malacca (since 2022)

On 25 January 2022, she was appointed as State Vice Chairperson of DAP of Malacca.[2]

Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (since 2023)

On 6 April 2023, Leng was appointed by Chief Minister Ab Rauf as the Deputy EXCO Member in charge of Women, Family and Community Development, deputising for EXCO Member Kalsom Noordin.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2021N21 Bandar Hilir Leng Chau Yen (DAP)9,09181.19%Lee Kah Sean (MCA)1,31311.72%11,1977,77857.55%
Clarice Chan Ming Wang (GERAKAN)6345.66%
Mak Chee Kin (Independent)1591.42%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leng Chau Yen. Sinar Harian. 19 April 2023. ms.
  2. Web site: 25 January 2022 . Jawatankuasa Negeri Melaka 2021-2024 . 5 April 2023 . DAP.