Seah Leong Peng was a politician from
DAP
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. He was the Member of
Perak State Legislative Assembly
The Perak State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Perak) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no ...
for
Pasir Bedamar from 1999 to 2013. In the
2013 Malaysian general election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013 to elect the members of the 13th Parliament. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one MP to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. ...
, he was appointed to contest for the
Teluk Intan
Teluk Intan is a town in Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the district capital and largest town in Hilir Perak district and fourth largest town in the state of Perak with an estimated population of around 172,505, more than half of ...
parliamentary seat and he defeated the by-then President of
Gerakan, Datuk
Mah Siew Keong
Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong (; Hokchew BUC: ''Má Siù-Khhíong''; born 17 June 1961) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasi ...
.
Election results
Death
He died on 1 May 2014 due to bladder cancer in
University Malaya Medical Centre
University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) ( ms, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, abbr: ''PPUM''), formerly known as University Hospital, is a government-funded medical institution located in Pantai Dalam, southwest corner of Kuala Lumpur, Ma ...
.
After his death, a
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
was held on 31 May 2014 to choose a new
Member of Parliament
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.
See also
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Teluk Intan (federal constituency)
Teluk Intan (formerly Telok Intan) is a federal constituency in Bagan Datuk District and Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the low ...
*
Pasir Bedamar (state constituency)
Pasir Bedamar is a state constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perak State Legislative Assembly
The Perak State Legislative Assembly ( ms, Dewan Negeri Perak) is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian sta ...
*
2014 Telok Intan by-election
References
1966 births
2014 deaths
Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians
Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
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