Teh Kok Lim Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan
Teh Kok Lim
Native Name Lang:Chinese name
Birth Name:Teh Kok Lim
Birth Date:18 March 1970
Birth Place:Taiping, Perak, Malaysia.
Office:Member of the
Perak State Executive Council
[1]
Term Start:22 November 2022
1Blankname:Menteri Besar
1Namedata:Saarani Mohamad
Predecessor:Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin
Constituency:Aulong
Assembly1:Perak State Legislative
Term Start1:19 November 2022
Predecessor1:Nga Kor Ming
(PHDAP)
Majority1:14,857 (2022)
Constituency Mp2:Taiping
Parliament2:Malaysian
Term Start2:9 May 2018
Term End2:19 November 2022
Predecessor2:Nga Kor Ming
(PH–DAP)
Successor2:Wong Kah Woh
(PH–DAP)
Majority2:27,384 (2018)
Constituency Am3:Pokok Assam
Assembly3:Perak State Legislative
Term Start3:5 May 2013
Term End3:9 May 2018
Predecessor3:Yee Seu Kai
(PR–DAP)
Successor3:Leow Thye Yih
(PH–DAP)
Majority3:7,925 (2013)
Office4:Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
Subterm4:2013–2018
Suboffice4:Democratic Action Party
Subterm5:2022–
Suboffice5:Pakatan Harapan
Office6:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm6:2018–2022
Suboffice6:Pakatan Harapan
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Otherparty:Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Occupation:Politician

Teh Kok Lim (; born 18 March 1970) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Aulong since November 2022. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taiping from May 2018 to November 2022 and the MLA for Pokok Assam from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[2]

In the 2018 general election, Teh was elected to the Parliament of Malaysia for the Taiping constituency, winning 42,997 of the 69,743 votes cast.[3] In the 2022 Perak state election, he was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly for the Aulong seat, winning 20,306 of the 30,665 votes cast. On 22 November 2022, he was also appointed as a Perak EXCO member.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013N17 Pokok Assam Teh Kok Lim (DAP)12,78071.1% (MCA)4,85527.0%17,9867,92580.4%
Mohd Yusoff Abdull Hamid (IND)1921.1%
2022N18 AulongTeh Kok Lim (DAP)20,30666.22%Koay Boon Hui (Gerakan)5,44917.77%30,66514,85767.84%
G Shanmugiavalloo (MIC)3,75612.25%
Lee Seng Yap (IND)7392.41%
Abu Bakar Abdul Rahman (IND)4151.35%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018P060 TaipingTeh Kok Lim (DAP)42,99761.65% (Gerakan)15,61322.39%71,29727,38478.58%
Ibrahim Ismail (PAS)11,13315.96%

Notes and References

  1. Assumed portfolios a day after taking office.
  2. Web site: Profile at the official portal of Parliament of Malaysia. Parliament of Malaysia. 17 February 2019. 17 February 2019. https://archive.today/20190217051851/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?&uweb=dr&id=3583&lang=en. live.
  3. Web site: Federal Government Gazette: Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes – Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perak. 28 May 2018. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 17 February 2019. 10.