Sim Tong Him

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Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Sim Tong Him (Template:Zh; born 8 September 1948) is a Malaysian politician. He is the former Member of Parliament for Kota Melaka, Malacca for two terms from 2008 to 2018. Presently Sim is an independent politician after his resignation from Democratic Action Party (DAP) in 2017.[1]

Background

Sim is a relative of the prominent Malaysian Chinese educationist Datuk Sim Mow Yu.[2]

Political career

Sim joined the DAP in 1982.[2] He contested the state constituency of Tranquerah, Malacca and won twice in 1986 general election and 1990 general election to become its assemblyman from 1986 to 1995 before switching to contest the state seat of Bandar Hilir, Malacca in 1995 general election and won again in the 1999 general election thus became its assemblyman from 1995 until 2004. In the 2004 general election, Sim contested the state seat of Ayer Keroh but lost.

Sim had been the DAP state chairman for Malacca until succeeded by Goh Leong San after a hotly contested internal state election on 19 December 2005, which also saw DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew get the lowest number of votes out of 15 candidates, thus causing Chew to lose her seat on the Malacca DAP committee entirely.[3]

However he was chosen by DAP to contest the Kota Melaka parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election but he won by beating predecessor Wong Nai Chee of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) with a majority 11,390 vote and retained it again in the 2013 general election by beating Yee Kok Wah of MCA with a majority 20,746 vote. But on the 20 April nomination day of the election, beside registering as DAP official candidate to defend his Kota Melaka parliamentary seat, Sim made a surprise commotion by also registering to contest the Kota Laksamana state seat too but as an Independent against DAP candidate concurrently, causing DAP to initially expel him.[4] But only two days later on 22 April he announced his withdrawal as the state seat of Kota Laksamana Independent candidate to fully back the DAP candidate, Lai Keun Ban, instead and to focus to continue defend the Kota Melaka parliamentary seat under the DAP.[5] As preparation for the voting day on 5 May already done by the Election Commission (EC),[6] thus his candidacy still appeared on the ballots and managed to get 1,242 votes that finish last among three candidates and still had his deposit forfeited in the election.[7]

On 17 September 2015, a doctor from Malacca who is also the Bukit Palah DAP branch chairman, Dr Wong Fort Pin, successfully sued Sim and Goh for defamation and won RM300,000 in damages.[8] Both Sim and Goh party membership was suspended for one-year suspension on 16 February 2016, reportedly for disparaging the party.[9]

On 12 February 2017, Sim, along with three other DAP Malacca state assemblymen namely Goh (Duyong), Lim Jack Wong (Bachang) and Chin Choong Seong (Kesidang) announced their resignation from the party to be Independent, citing lack of trust in DAP leadership.[10] They formed the 'Justice League' to contest in the 2018 general election (GE14) as independent candidates using the key as their common symbol.[11] Sim contested the Kota Laksamana state seat whereas Goh will go for both parliamentary (Kota Malacca) and state seat (Kesidang). Lim and Chin will contest the Ayer Keroh and Bandar Hilir state seats respectively.[12] In the GE14, Sim officially contested first time as independent candidate for the state seat of Kota Laksamana but lost.[13]

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly[14][15][16][17]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1986 N13 Tranquerah rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 8,267 55.17% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Ng Peng Hong @ Ng Peng Hay (MCA) 6,279 41.90% 14,984 1,988 77.76%
Template:Party shading/green | Thei Niu Kim (PPPM) 104 0.69%
1990 rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 9,142 57.86% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Khoo Heng Peng (MCA) 6,007 38.02% 15,799 3,135 78.02%
Template:Party shading/Independent | Loo Kin (IND) 374 2.37%
1995 N18 Bandar Hilir Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 6,445 54.98% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Boon Ah Soo (MCA) 4,929 42.05% 11,722 1,516 75.18%
1999 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 6,835 57.65% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Ng Peng Ann (MCA) 4,771 40.24% 11,855 2,064 74.69%
2004 N16 Ayer Keroh Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 6,562 39.41% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Seah Kwi Tong (MCA) 9,549 57.36% 16,649 2,987 80.12%
2013 N20 Kota Laksamana rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Independent | Sim Tong Him (IND)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A] 1,242 7.35% Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Lai Keun Ban (DAP) 11,969 70.85% 16,893 8,507 86%
Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Chiw Tiang Chai (MyPPP) 3,462 20.49%
2018 rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Independent | Sim Tong Him (IND)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B] 517 1.7% Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Low Chee Leong (DAP) 20,181 67.40% 24,952 16,173 83.30%
Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Melvin Chua Kew Wei (MCA) 4,008 13.4%

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>A Sim who surprisingly registered as an Independent candidate on nomination day but withdrew later to support DAP named candidate, still had his candidacy appeared on the EC voting ballot officially.
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>B Sim and three others MLA who had quit DAP Malacca earlier, had formed the 'Justice League' informal Independent bloc and contested as Independent candidates using the key symbol.

Parliament of Malaysia[14][15][18]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P138 Kota Melaka Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 38,640 57.26% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Wong Nai Chee (MCA) 27,250 40.38% 67,479 11,390 79.57%
2013 Template:Party shading/Democratic Action Party | Sim Tong Him (DAP) 49,521 62.17% Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Yee Kok Wah (MCA) 28,775 36.13% 79,651 20,746 86.30%

References

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