Chong Eng

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Chong Eng (Template:Zh; born on 6 July 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Ministers Lim Guan Eng and Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Lalang from May 2013 to August 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) of for Bukit Mertajam from November 1999 to May 2013 and MLA for Batu Lancang from April 1995 to November 1999. She is a member and was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly PR, Barisan Alternatif (BA) and Gagasan Rakyat (GR) coalitions. She has served as the Women Advisor of DAP since September 2023. She also served as Women Chief of PH from March to September 2021, Women Chief of DAP from 2000 to September 2023 and Acting Secretary-General of DAP from May to September 2002.[1] She is also Deputy Head and Member of the Standing Order Committee of the Women Parliamentary Caucus. She also served in the Women Crisis Center and Community AIDS Service Penang.[2][1]

Family

She is married to Gunabalan Krishnasamy who is an artist. The couple have two sons,[1] Jothi, who is assisting his mother in political endeavors and Omprekash who is now a 3-time Malaysia book of records breaking athlete, and artist for Koi Tribe, an international web3 magazine.

Personal life and education

She was born in a Chinese new village in Pahang from a family of 10 siblings. She started her primary education in the only Chinese primary school in the village. She was also the first girl from the village to pursue her study in a local university, namely Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)). She eventually obtained her bachelor of Science degree in Human Development Studies from UPM. Now, she writes regularly in local Chinese dailies and have published three books.[1]

Political career

Chong started her political career as a full-time research officer in 1990 with DAP Penang. Chong won the Batu Lanchang state constituency in 1995 Malaysian general election and became the first women to be elected into the Penang State Assembly. She was the sole opposition representative in the state assembly at that time.[1] She subsequently were elected as Bukit Mertajam Member of Parliament in 1999, 2004 and 2008 general elections. She then contested and won the Penang state seat of Padang Lalang in 2013 and 2018 general elections. On 18 March 2021, she was appointed as Women Chief of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition.

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1995 N27 Batu Lancang rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 7,570 49.72% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Lee Boon Ten (Gerakan) 7,508 49.31% 15,449 62 76.48%
Template:Party shading/United Sabah Party| Tan Ban Yew (PBS) 148 0.97%
1999 N13 Berapit Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 5,826 40.90% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Lau Chiek Tuan (MCA) 8,420 59.10% 14,549 2,594 77.60%
2004 N16 Perai Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 4,477 46.94% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Rajapathy Kuppusamy (MIC) 5,060 53.06% 9,748 583 70.57%
2013 N15 Padang Lalang Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 18,657 83.22% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Tan Teik Cheng (MCA) 3,727 16.62% 22,585 14,930 87.43%
2018 rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Chong Eng (DAP) 20,764 88.70% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Kuan Hin Yeep (MCA) 2,400 10.20% 23,694 18,364 84.70%
bgcolor=Template:Party color | Lai Yean Nee (PRM) 154 0.70%
bgcolor=Template:Party color | Liew Ee Jin (PFP) 101 0.40%
Parliament of Malaysia[10]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1999 P045 Bukit Mertajam Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 26,874 52.84% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Tan Chong Keng (MCA) 23,937 47.06% 51,967 2,937 78.02%
2004 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 26,215 59.18% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Ma Kok Ben (MCA) 17,651 39.85% 45,442 8,564 77.37%
2008 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Chong Eng (DAP) 37,882 75.97% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Ong Tang Chuan (MCA) 11,985 24.03% 50,823 25,897 79.31%

Honours

References

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