Leong Cheok Keng

Leong Cheok Keng is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Malim Nawar from May 2013 until November 2022. Currently he is a member of WARISAN, which he joined on 3 November 2022. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and presently Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalitions. He was also, for a brief period, a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), a party aligned with the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Leong (梁).
Leong Cheok Keng
梁卓经
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Malim Nawar
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byKeshvinder Singh Kashmir Singh
Succeeded byV Bavani @ Shasha
Personal details
Born
Leong Cheok Keng
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP) (–2021)
PBM (2021-2022)
WARISAN (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (2015–2021)
OccupationPolitician
Leong Cheok Keng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梁卓經
Simplified Chinese梁卓经
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Zhuōjīng
JyutpingLoeng4 Coek3 Ging1
Hokkien POJNiô͘ Tok-keng
Tâi-lôNiôo Tok-king

Politics

He was expelled from DAP on 19 January 2021 for applying to join MCA.[1] However, he stayed as independent and did not join any party. On 14 January 2022, he had announced that he had joined PBM.[2] On 3 November 2022, he had announced that he had quitted PBM and will participate in the 2022 Perak state election under WARISAN.[3] In the election, Leong lost his state seat to Pakatan Harapan candidate V Bavani @ Shasha, garnering only 684 votes and lost his deposit.

Personal life

His younger brother, Leong Cheok Lung is also a politician and has participated in the 2022 Malaysian general election, contesting in the Kampar federal seat under WARISAN.[4]

Election result
Perak State Legislative Assembly[5][6][7]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 Malim Nawar Leong Cheok Keng (DAP) 11,296 60.75% Chang Gwo Chyang (BN-MCA) 6,953 37.40% 18,593 4,343 75.50%
2018 Leong Cheok Keng (DAP) 11,271 64.74% Chang Gwo Chyang (BN-MCA) 5,189 29.81% 17,409 6,082 75.96%
Bawani Kaniapan (PSM) 213 1.22%
2022 Leong Cheok Keng (WARISAN) 684 3.67% V Bavani @ Shasha (PH-DAP) 10,905 58.57% 18,618 7,259 62.68%
Chin Woon Kheong (BN-MCA) 3,646 19.58%
Sherry Syed (PN-BERSATU) 3,383 18.17%

References
  1. Singh, Manjit Kaur a/p Kundan. "DAP sacks Malim Nawar rep with immediate effect". The Star. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. "Malim Nawar assemblyman says joined PBM for party's multiracial idealism". malaysia.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. "GE15: Leong Cheok Keng quits PBM, to defend Malim Nawar seat under Warisan". The Star. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. Abd Razak Mohd Ali (5 November 2022). "PRU15: Warisan tampil dua beradik bertanding di Kampar". astroawani.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM - DEWAN UNDANGAN NEGERI". resultpru13.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  7. "Keputusan:Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". Astro Awani. Retrieved 27 November 2022.


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