Lim Lip Eng Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan
Lim Lip Eng
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp:Kepong
Parliament:Malaysian
Majority:51,628 (2018)
61,081 (2022)
Term Start:9 May 2018
Predecessor:Tan Seng Giaw
(PHDAP)
Constituency Mp1:Segambut
Parliament1:Malaysian
Majority1:7,732 (2008)
19,199 (2013)
Term Start1:8 March 2008
Term End1:9 May 2018
Predecessor1:Tan Kee Kwong
(BNGerakan)
Successor1:Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan
(PH–DAP)
Birth Name:Lim Lip Eng
Birth Date:25 July 1972
Birth Place:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Party:Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Otherparty:Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Occupation:Politician, lawyer

Lim Lip Eng (; born 25 July 1972) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepong since May 2018 and for Segambut from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

Early career

Lim is a lawyer by profession.[1]

Political career

Lim was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election winning the seat of Segambut from the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2] Segambut had previously been considered as a BN stronghold.[3] The election saw urban Chinese and Indian voters swarm to the DAP and its coalition allies; however, given the large minority of Malay voters in Segambut, Lim's victory was also attributable to a sizeable number of Muslim Malays in the constituency backing the DAP, a secular party with few Malay members or politicians.[4] In the 2013 election he re-elected to the Segambut seat for second term. In the 2018 election Lim switched to Kepong constituency and won the seat by an extremely large majority and percentage of total votes. He retained the seat in the 2022 election with a slightly smaller majority and percentage of total votes.

Controversies

Lim Lip Eng was engulfed with a major controversy in August 2019 after suggesting that the implementation of Malay Khat Calligraphy into school children syllabus as rubbing "cow manure on our faces". After severe backlash he apologized and deleted the post from Facebook.[5]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallot castMajorityTurnout
2008P117 Segambut, Kuala Lumpur (DAP)25,04659.13%Ma Woei Chyi (Gerakan)17,31440.87%43,5317,73272.93%
2013 (DAP)41,38365.10%Jayanthi Devi Balaguru (Gerakan)22,18434.90%64,05219,19984.69%
2018P114 Kepong, Kuala Lumpur (DAP)56,51692.04%Ong Siang Liang (Gerakan)4,888 7.96%61,812 51,62885.03%
2022 (DAP)64,308 88.92%Yap Zheng Hoe (MCA)3,2274.46%72,65761,08177.06%
bgcolor= Phang Jing Fatt (Gerakan) 2,795 3.86%
Yee Poh Ping (IND)1,4612.02%
Young Shang Yi (WARISAN) 5280.73%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Personal blog. 19 January 2010.
  2. Web site: Malaysia Decides 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409212729/http://thestar.com.my/election/ . 9 April 2008 . 19 January 2010 . The Star (Malaysia).
  3. News: 25 February 2008 . Ma to take on Lim in Segambut . . dead . 19 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604003957/http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F2%2F25%2Fcentral%2F20433885&sec=central . 4 June 2011.
  4. Book: Kee Beng Ooi . March 8: Eclipsing May 13 . Jayaratnam Saravanamuttu . Hock Guan Lee . Institute of Southeast Asian Studies . 2008 . 98.
  5. Web site: Lim Lip Eng says sorry for sharing FB post over khat issue. 2019-08-05. The Star Online. en. 2019-08-06.