Tan Ah Eng
Appearance
Tan Ah Eng | |
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曾亚英 | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gelang Patah | |
In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Teu Si @ Hang See Ten (BN–MCA) |
Succeeded by | Lim Kit Siang (PR–DAP) |
Majority | 31,666 (2004) 8,851 (2008) |
Personal details | |
Born | Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | 22 August 1955
Died | 10 August 2013 Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia | (aged 57)
Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Spouse | Tan Hee Miang |
Occupation | Politician |
Tan Ah Eng (simplified Chinese: 曾亚英; traditional Chinese: 曾亞英; pinyin: Zēng Yà Yīng) (22 August 1955 – 10 August 2013) was a Malaysian politician. She was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Gelang Patah constituency in the state of Johor from 2004 to 2013. She was member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of ruling Barisan Nasional coalition then.[1]
Tan was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 election, succeeding fellow MCA member Teu Si @ Hang See Ten in the seat of Gelang Patah.[2][3] She had earlier been a Senator.[4]
Suffering brain cancer, she did not recontest her seat in the 2013 election, and died in August of that year, at the age of 58.[5]
Election results
[edit]Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2004 | P162 Gelang Patah | Tan Ah Eng (MCA) | 41,001 | 81.45% | Song Sing Kwee (PKR) | 9,335 | 18.55% | 52,297 | 31,666 | 74.69% | ||
2008 | Tan Ah Eng (MCA) | 33,630 | 57.58% | Zaliha Mustafa (PKR) | 24,779 | 42.42% | 58,407 | 8,851 | 77.19% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tan Ah Eng, Y.B. Puan". Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "Unexpected huge win". New Straits Times. 22 March 2004.
- ^ "Universities must upgrade". New Straits Times. 17 December 1997.
- ^ "Former Gelang Patah MP Tan Ah Eng dies at 58". ABN News. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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- People from Johor
- Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent
- Malaysian Chinese Association politicians
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- Women members of the Dewan Rakyat
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- Women members of the Dewan Negara
- Deaths from brain cancer in Malaysia
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