Tan Kar Hing | |
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陈家兴 | |
Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Tourism, Arts and Culture) | |
In office 19 May 2018 – 10 March 2020 | |
Monarch | Nazrin Shah |
Menteri Besar | Ahmad Faizal Azumu |
Preceded by | Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi |
Succeeded by | Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi (Tourism) |
Constituency | Simpang Pulai |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gopeng | |
Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Lee Boon Chye (PH−PKR) |
Majority | 27,148 (2022) |
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Simpang Pulai | |
In office 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chan Ming Kai (PR–PKR) |
Succeeded by | Wong Chai Yi (PH–PKR) |
Majority | 11,083 (2013) 20,689 (2018) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tan Kar Hing 4 May 1982 Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia |
Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
Spouse | Lee Yin Ying |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University Putra Malaysia |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | Facebook Tan Kar Hing |
Tan Kar Hing | |
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Chinese name | |
Traditional Chinese | 陳家興 |
Simplified Chinese | 陈家兴 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Chén Jiāxīng |
Jyutping | Can4 Gaa1 Hing3 |
Hokkien POJ | Tân Ka-heng |
Tâi-lô | Tân Ka-hing |
Tan Kar Hing (simplified Chinese: 陈家兴; traditional Chinese: 陳家興; pinyin: Chén Jiāxīng; Jyutping: Can4 Gaa1 Hing3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 4 May 1982) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gopeng since November 2022. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Simpang Pulai from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member and State Elections Department Director of Perak of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.[1] He has also served as the State Vice Chairman of PKR of Perak since January 2019 and also served as the State Youth Chief of PKR of Perak.[2][3]
Tan first contested the Perak state seat of Simpang Pulai in the 2013 general election (GE13) as a PKR candidate and won with a majority of 11,083 votes.[4] He successfully defended the seat in the 2018 general election (GE14), almost doubling his majority.
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2022 | P071 Gopeng | Tan Kar Hing (PKR) | 55,880 | 53.92% | Muhammad Farhan Abdul Rahim (BERSATU) | 28,732 | 27.72% | 103,638 | 27,148 | 72.14% | ||
Cally Ting Zhao Song (MCA) | 18,393 | 17.75% | ||||||||||
Balachandran Gopal (WARISAN) | 633 | 0.61% |
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2013 | N44 Simpang Pulai | Tan Kar Hing (PKR) | 18,780 | 70.13% | Chang Kon You @ Chen Kwan Wu (MCA) | 7,697 | 28.74% | 26,780 | 11,083 | 83.60% | ||
2018 | N45 Simpang Pulai | Tan Kar Hing (PKR) | 25,659 | 59.60% | Liew Yee Lin (MCA) | 4,970 | 14.16% | 35,094 | 20,689 | 81.50% | ||
Mohamad Arif Abdul Latiff (PAS) | 4,061 | 11.57% |