Gan Ay Ling () is a

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, assistant engineer and pricing analyst who has served as Leader of the Opposition of

Perlis Perlis, ( Northern Malay: ''Peghelih''), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it borders the Thai provinces ...

since November 2022 and Member of the

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(MLA) for Indera Kayangan since May 2018. She is a member of the

People's Justice Party The People's Justice Party ( ms, Parti Keadilan Rakyat , often known simply as KEADILAN or PKR) is a reformist political party in Malaysia, formed in 2003 by a merger of the National Justice Party and the older Malaysian People's Party. The ...

(PKR), a component party of the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) coalition. She is the Division Deputy Chief of PKR of

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. She was Member of the

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and State Women Chief of PKR of

. She is currently the sole opposition representative in the Perlis state assembly, following

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbreviation, abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coa ...

's electoral sweep of 14 out of 15 seats in the last

2022 Perlis state election The 2022 Perlis state election, formally the 15th Perlis state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 15 members of the 15th Perlis State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 14 October 2022 ...

Personal life

Gan was born into a medium family as the fifth child among the six children of her parents and was raised by her single mother in

Kuala Pilah Kuala Pilah (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Kolo Pilah''), or simply Pilah, is a town in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Townscape Kuala Pilah is an old valley town with many of the pre-war Chinese shop houses still fronting the ...

, Negeri Sembilan,

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. She is also married to Lee Kok Seong and has three children with him.

Volunteering career

Gan was involved in the

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(MRCS) voluntary organisation. In addition, she joined the 6th Asia and Pacific Red Cross Youth Gathering in Vajiravuth Scout Camp Chon Buri Province,

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. She also received the honorary degree award of the Young Meritorious Service Medal from the MRCS.

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2018)

2018 Perlis state election

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Gan made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Indera Kayangan state seat. She won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Indera Kayangan MLA for the first term after defeating Chuah Tian Hee of

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(BN) and Wan Hassan Ismail of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by the majority of 3,177 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Gan was renominated by PH to defend the Indera Kayangan seat. She defended the seat and was reelected as the Indera Kayangan MLA for the second term after defeating Pramoot Puan of PN, Lim Weng Khee of BN as well as Atan Jasin of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by a majority of 1,873 votes. Indera Kayangan is the safest Perlis state seat for PH and PKR according to some analysis and it is attributed to the victory of Gan in the election despite "green wave", a new phrase describing the spread of political influence of the

Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS), a component party of the PN coalition which is represented by a green flag from the east coast areas of

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

to other areas like Perlis located at the northwest coast of the peninsular as Indera Kayangan has the biggest share of voters of the

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ethnicity who mostly support and vote for PH in the ethnic breakdown of Perlis.

Leader of the Opposition of Perlis (since 2022)

The 2022 Perlis state election won by PN as it won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds supermajority of the assembly left Gan as the PH candidate who won the remaining 1 seat. She then became the Leader of the Opposition of Perlis replacing Asrul Nizan Abdul Jalil of PH and PKR who also lost his Sena seat to Marzita Mansor of PN in the election. She hoped to work closely with the state government led by

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Mohd Shukri Ramli Mohd Shukri bin Ramli (born 6 February 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis since November 2022 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sanglang since May 2013. He served as D ...

to develop the state in the spirit of cooperation regardless of political affiliations of the federal coalition government led by

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Anwar Ibrahim although both governments are led by leaders of different and opposing political coalitions to prevent the state from falling behind other states on development. She also thanked Mohd Shukri on giving her equal and fair treatments and praised him for creating great achievements in terms of investments and developments he brought to the state in the first 100 days of his Menteri Besarship and his state government.

Election results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gan Ay Ling Living people People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Chinese descent People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians Year of birth missing (living people)