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Teh Kok Lim (Chinese: 鄭國霖; pinyin: Zhèng Guólín; Jyutping: Zeng6 Gwok3 Lam4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ Kok-lîm; 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.[1]
Teh Kok Lim | |
|---|---|
郑国霖 | |
| Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Science, Environment & Green Technology : since 23 November 2022)[note 1] | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Nazrin Shah |
| Menteri Besar | Saarani Mohamad |
| Preceded by | Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin |
| Constituency | Aulong |
| Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Aulong | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nga Kor Ming (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 14,857 (2022) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Taiping | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nga Kor Ming (PH–DAP) |
| Succeeded by | Wong Kah Woh (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 27,384 (2018) |
| Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Pokok Assam | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Yee Seu Kai (PR–DAP) |
| Succeeded by | Leow Thye Yih (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 7,925 (2013) |
| Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2013–2018 | Democratic Action Party |
| 2022– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018–2022 | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teh Kok Lim 18 March 1970 Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Teh Kok Lim on Facebook |
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.[2] 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.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | N17 Pokok Assam | Teh Kok Lim (DAP) | 12,780 | 71.1% | Ho Cheng Wang (MCA) | 4,855 | 27.0% | 17,986 | 7,925 | 80.4% | ||
| Mohd Yusoff Abdull Hamid (IND) | 192 | 1.1% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | N18 Aulong | Teh Kok Lim (DAP) | 20,306 | 66.22% | Koay Boon Hui (Gerakan) | 5,449 | 17.77% | 30,665 | 14,857 | 67.84% | ||
| G Shanmugiavalloo (MIC) | 3,756 | 12.25% | ||||||||||
| Lee Seng Yap (IND) | 739 | 2.41% | ||||||||||
| Abu Bakar Abdul Rahman (IND) | 415 | 1.35% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P060 Taiping | Teh Kok Lim (DAP) | 42,997 | 61.65% | Tan Keng Liang (Gerakan) | 15,613 | 22.39% | 71,297 | 27,384 | 78.58% | ||
| Ibrahim Ismail (PAS) | 11,133 | 15.96% | ||||||||||
- Assumed portfolios a day after taking office.
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