Teh Chai Aan Explained

Teh Chai Aan
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Name:Teh Chai Aan
Birth Place:Perlis, Malaysia
Office:Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
1Blankname:Menteri Besar
1Namedata:Azlan Man
Term Start:13 June 2018
Term End:22 November 2022
Predecessor:Mat Rawi Kassim

Ahmad Bakri Ali

Nurulhisham Yaakob
Successor:Mohd Shukri Ramli

Megat Hashirat Hassan
Constituency:Titi Tinggi
Constituency Am1:Titi Tinggi
Assembly1:Perlis State Legislative
Majority1:142 (2018)
Term Start1:9 May 2018
Term End1:19 November 2022
Predecessor1:Khaw Hock King
(BNMCA)
Successor1:Izizam Ibrahim
(PNBERSATU)
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician
Module:
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Teh Chai Aan is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from May 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Titi Tinggi from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is one of the only two MCA candidates elected in the 2018 state elections of all the states except Sarawak. He was also the sole Perlis EXCO Member and MLA of MCA and sole EXCO Member of the Chinese ethnicity.

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

On 13 June 2018, Teh was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in Natural Resources, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Teh lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)

2018 Perlis state election

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Teh made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Titi Tinggi state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after narrowly defeating Teh Seng Chuan of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Kamis Yub of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) as well as the independent candidate Yaacob Man by a majority of only 142 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Teh was renominated by BN to defend the Titi Tinggi seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Titi Tinggi MLA after losing to Izizam Ibrahim of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 3,785 votes.

Election results

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Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N01 Titi TinggiTeh Chai Aan (MCA) 2,762 35.39%Teh Seng Chuan (DAP)2,62033.57%8,01814279.30%
Kamis Yub (PAS)2,29129.36%
Yaacob Man (IND)1321.68%
2022Teh Chai Aan (MCA) 1,816 18.94%bgcolor= Izizam Ibrahim (BERSATU)5,60158.42%9,5873,78572.73%
Teh Seng Chuan (DAP)1,51215.77%
Zahidi Zainul Abidin (IND)4254.43%
bgcolor= Mohd Shahril Md Sharif (PEJUANG)1521.59%
Khaw Hock Kong (WARISAN)810.84%