Tan Kok Yew | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
Birth Name: | Tan Kok Yew |
Birth Date: | 27 April 1967 |
Birth Place: | Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia |
Office: | Member of the Kedah State Executive Council |
1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata: | Mukhriz Mahathir |
Term Start: | 22 May 2018 |
Term End: | 17 May 2020 |
Predecessor: | Mohd Rawi Abd Hamid Badrol Hisham Hashim |
Successor: | Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail Mohd Hayati Othman Robert Ling Kui Ee |
Constituency: | Derga |
Constituency Am3: | Derga |
Assembly3: | Kedah State Legislative |
Majority3: | 1,156 (2013) 5,265 (2018) |
Term Start3: | 5 May 2013 |
Term End3: | 12 August 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Cheah Soon Hai (BN–Gerakan) |
Successor3: | Muhamad Amri Wahab (PN–BERSATU) |
Office4: | Faction represented in Kedah State Legislative Assembly |
Subterm4: | 2013–2018 |
Suboffice4: | Democratic Action Party |
Subterm5: | 2018–2023 |
Suboffice5: | Pakatan Harapan |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Nationality: | Malaysia |
Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Occupation: | Politician |
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Tan Kok Yew (; born 27 April 1967) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in May 2020 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Derga from May 2013 to August 2023. He is a member and State Chairman of Kedah of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He was also the only DAP candidate to lose in the 2023 state elections.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2013 | N11 Derga | Tan Kok Yew (DAP) | 10,358 | 47.91% | Cheah Soon Hai (Gerakan) | 9,202 | 42.56% | 21,953 | 1,156 | 82.60% | |||
Abdul Fisol Mohd Isa (BERJASA) | 2,061 | 9.53% | |||||||||||
2018 | Tan Kok Yew (DAP) | 11,232 | 50.79% | Yahya Saad (PAS) | 5,967 | 26.98% | 22,495 | 5,265 | 80.80% | ||||
Cheah Soon Hai (Gerakan) | 4,916 | 22.23% | |||||||||||
2023 | Tan Kok Yew (DAP) | 10,771 | 42.33% | Muhamad Amri Wahab (BERSATU) | 14,433 | 56.72% | 25,560 | 3,662 | 67.43% | ||||
Noor Azman Basharon (IND) | 241 | 0.95% |
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