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Bekok

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2022 winnerTan ChongBN51.3%

Background

Tan Chong
BN

The BN (MCA) assemblyman for Bekok since 2022 and MCA Labis deputy division chief; an MCA central committee member who captured the seat in 2022 after losing it in 2013 and 2018.

  • Chinese name 陈宗; born 3 July 1965, from Segamat.[1]
  • MCA Labis division deputy chief and a member of the MCA central committee (elected 2023).[1][2]
  • Contested Bekok for BN in 2013 and 2018, losing to DAP both times, then won it in 2022 with a 3,569-vote majority, succeeding Ramakrishnan Suppiah.[1][2]
Tay Yok Jiuen
PH

DAP's candidate for Bekok, a Labis-born schoolteacher of 30 years known as 'Cikgu Tay'; a community activist, tuition educator and former Labis community head. Chinese name 郑育娟.

  • Chinese name 郑育娟, known as 'Cikgu Tay'; born and raised in Labis.[1]
  • A schoolteacher of 30 years and a tuition educator at the Hanlin centre, with many students scoring well in SPM and going on to matriculation.[1]
  • Served as a Labis community head (Ketua Masyarakat) in 2018-2019, organising drain clean-ups and helping residents with home-repair applications.[1]
  • Went down to help during the 2023 Chaah and Labis floods, distributing supplies and cleaning homes afterwards.[1]
  • Active across Chaah, Bekok and Sungai Karas: free health screenings and clinics (with KPJ and Chinese medical teams), MyDigital ID registration drives, and following up local infrastructure complaints with the Labis District Council.[1]
  • Stands for DAP under Pakatan Harapan, a straight fight against the BN-MCA incumbent Tan Chong.[2]

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Tan Chong
BN

The BN (MCA) assemblyman for Bekok since 2022 and MCA Labis deputy division chief; an MCA central committee member who captured the seat in 2022 after losing it in 2013 and 2018.

Tay Yok Jiuen
PH

DAP's candidate for Bekok, a Labis-born schoolteacher of 30 years known as 'Cikgu Tay'; a community activist, tuition educator and former Labis community head. Chinese name 郑育娟.

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