Teh Kok Lim ( zh, c=郑国霖, poj=Tēⁿ Kok-lîm, j=Zeng6 Gwok3 Lam4, p=Zhèng Guólín; born 18 March 1970) is a Malaysian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who has served as Member of the

Perak State Executive Council The Perak State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perak, Malaysia. The council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perak State Legislativ ...

(EXCO) in the

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(BN) state administration under Menteri Besar

Saarani Mohamad Saarani bin Mohamad (born 13 March 1961) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 13th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Tampan since March 2004. He s ...

and Member of the

Perak State Legislative Assembly The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...

(MLA) for

Aulong Aulong is a suburb of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. This suburb has an estimated population of 5,000, with the majority being Chinese and Malays. The main town centre consists of the old and new villages. There are a few housing estates in the area ...

since November 2022. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taiping from May 2018 to November 2022 and the MLA for

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from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the

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(DAP), a component party of the

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(PH) coalition. In the 2018 general election, Teh was elected to the

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for the Taiping constituency, winning 42,997 of the 69,743 votes cast. In the

2022 Perak state election The 2022 Perak state election, formally the 15th Perak state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 59 members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022. ...

, he was elected to the

for the

seat, winning 20,306 of the 30,665 votes cast. On 22 November 2022, he was also appointed a Perak EXCO member.

Election results

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Living people Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly 1970 births Malaysian MPs 2018–2022 {{Malaysia-MP-stub