Liang Teck Meng

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Liang Teck Meng (Template:Zh; born 24 July 1971) is a Malaysian politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Simpang Renggam constituency in the State of Johor (2008 - 2018). He was Secretary General for the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), previously a component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition (2013 - 2018).

Education and personal life

Liang Teck Meng obtain his secondary education from Foon Yew High School (1984 to 1989). He received a distinction in his SPM and after that he went to the Federal Institute of Technology to study Electrical Engineering (1989 to 1992). Later, he went to study at the Japanese language from the prestigious Asia Student Cultural Association[1] He later went to the Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan to continue in the field of Electrical Engineering.

Liang is an engineer by profession, and is married with two sons.[2]

Parliamentary career

Liang was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election, succeeding fellow Gerakan member Kerk Choo Ting in the seat of Simpang Renggam.[3][4] Liang's victory was one of only two for Gerakan in the 12 federal seats it contested.[5] He was reelected to Parliament in the 2013 election as the only successful GERAKAN candidate, and remained the only Gerakan MP until Mah Siew Keong won the 2014 Telok Intan by-election.[6] However Liang have lost in the 2018 election. 23 June 2018, Liang, Mah Siew Keong and among all leaders have unanimously decided GERAKAN to officially withdraw from BN and now independent party as opposition.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[3][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P151 Simpang Renggam style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Liang Teck Meng (Gerakan) 16,450 65.68% style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/shading" | Atan Gombang (PAS) 8,597 34.32% 25,998 7,853 74.58%
2013 style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Liang Teck Meng (Gerakan) 19,754 58.44% style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/shading" | Suhaizan Kayat (PAS) 14,048 41.56% 34,754 5,706 86.58%
2018 rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Liang Teck Meng (Gerakan) 14,682 40.99% Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Maszlee Malik (BERSATU) 18,157 50.69% 43,998 3,475 83.40%
style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/shading" | Mohd Jubri Selamat (PAS) 2,983 8.32%

Honours

See also

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References

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