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Ong Seng Guan

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Ong Seng Guan
王星元
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Pokok Assam
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byLeow Thye Yih
(PHDAP)
Majority12,180 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Ong Seng Guan

1976 (age 47–48)
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
OccupationPolitician
Ong Seng Guan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese王星元
Simplified Chinese王星元
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWáng Xīngyuán

Ong Seng Guan (Chinese: 王星元; pinyin: Wáng Xīngyuán; born 1976) is a Malaysian politician who has served as member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pokok Assam since November 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was political secretary to the member of parliament (MP) for Taiping Teh Kok Lim, member of the Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) and head of the Community Service Centre of DAP of Pokok Assam.[1]

Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

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In the 2022 Perak state election, Ong made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Pokok Assam state seat.[2] Ong won the seat and was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly as the Pokok Assam MLA after defeating Shariful Juhari Abu Kassim of Perikatan Nasional (PN), Ang Sui Eng of Barisan Nasional (BN), incumbent Pokok Assam MLA and independent candidate Leow Thye Yih and another independent candidate Mohd Yusoff Abdul Hamid by a majority of 12,180 votes.[3]

Election results

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Perak State Legislative Assembly[4]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 N17 Pokok Assam Ong Seng Guan (DAP) 16,726 67.36% Shariful Juhari Abu Kassim (BERSATU) 4,546 18.31% 24,829 12,180 68.00%
Ang Sui Eng (MCA) 2,660 10.71%
Leow Thye Yih (Independent) 786 3.17%
Mohd Yusoff Abdul Hamid (Independent) 111 0.45%

References

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  1. ^ "哨声吹响 倪可敏重作冯妇 郑国霖专攻后廊?太平国州议员或对调上阵". Sin Chew Daily (in Chinese). 22 October 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ "GE15: Perak DAP to take on 8 parliamentary, 19 state seats". New Straits Times. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Malaysia GE15 / PRU15 & 6 States Elections - Perak - The Star". The Star. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Semakan Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Perak ke-15". MySPRSemak (in Malay). Retrieved 16 December 2024.