Teh Kok Lim

In this Chinese name, the family name is Teh (郑).

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]

Yang Berhormat Tuan Teh Kok Lim MLA
郑国霖
Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Science, Environment & Green Technology : since 23 November 2022)[note 1]
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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 (1970-03-18) 18 March 1970 (age 54) 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.

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

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%

Parliament of Malaysia

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%

Notes

1. Assumed portfolios a day after taking office.

References

1. "Profile at the official portal of Parliament of Malaysia". Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
2. "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" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. p. 10. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 July 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
4. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
5. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
6. "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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9. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.

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