Teh Chai Aan

Teh Chai Aan (simplified Chinese: 郑再安; traditional Chinese: 鄭再安; pinyin: Zhèng Zài'ān; Jyutping: Zeng6 Zoi3 On1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ Chài-an) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from May 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Titi Tinggi from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is one of the only two MCA candidates elected in the 2018 state elections of all the states except Sarawak. He was also the sole Perlis EXCO Member and MLA of MCA and sole EXCO Member of the Chinese ethnicity.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Teh (郑).
Teh Chai Aan
郑再安
Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
(Natural Resources, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health)
In office
13 June 2018 – 22 November 2022
MonarchSirajuddin
Menteri BesarAzlan Man
Preceded byMat Rawi Kassim
(Natural Resources and Environment)
Ahmad Bakri Ali
(Biotechnology and Green Technology)
Nurulhisham Yaakob
(Health)
Succeeded byMohd Shukri Ramli
(Natural Resources)
Megat Hashirat Hassan
(Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health)
ConstituencyTiti Tinggi
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
for Titi Tinggi
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byKhaw Hock King
(BN–MCA)
Succeeded byIzizam Ibrahim
(PN–BERSATU)
Majority142 (2018)
Personal details
BornPerlis, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician
Teh Chai Aan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄭再安
Simplified Chinese郑再安
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Zài'ān
JyutpingZeng6 Zoi3 On1
Hokkien POJTēⁿ Chài-an
Tâi-lôTēnn Tsài-an

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

On 13 June 2018, Teh was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in Natural Resources, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Teh lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

2018 Perlis state election

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Teh made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Titi Tinggi state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after narrowly defeating Teh Seng Chuan of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Kamis Yub of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) as well as the independent candidate Yaacob Man by a majority of only 142 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Teh was renominated by BN to defend the Titi Tinggi seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Titi Tinggi MLA after losing to Izizam Ibrahim of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 3,785 votes.

Election results
Perlis State Legislative Assembly[1][2]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N01 Titi Tinggi Teh Chai Aan (MCA) 2,762 35.39% Teh Seng Chuan (DAP) 2,620 33.57% 8,018 142 79.30%
Kamis Yub (PAS) 2,291 29.36%
Yaacob Man (IND) 132 1.68%
2022 Teh Chai Aan (MCA) 1,816 18.94% Izizam Ibrahim (BERSATU) 5,601 58.42% 9,587 3,785 72.73%
Teh Seng Chuan (DAP) 1,512 15.77%
Zahidi Zainul Abidin (IND) 425 4.43%
Mohd Shahril Md Sharif (PEJUANG) 152 1.59%
Khaw Hock Kong (WARISAN) 81 0.84%

References
  1. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  2. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.


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