Teh Chai Aan () is a

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who served as the Member of the

Perlis State Executive Council The Perlis State Executive Council is the executive authority of the Government of Perlis, Malaysia. The Council comprises the Menteri Besar, appointed by the Raja on the basis that he is able to command a majority in the Perlis State Legislative As ...

(EXCO) in the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar

Azlan Man Malay styles and titles, Dato' Seri Azlan bin Man (born 2 September 1958) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as the 9th Menteri Besar of Perlis from May 2013 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly ...

from May 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for

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from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

(MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is one of the only two MCA candidates elected in the 2018 state elections of all the states except

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. He was also the sole Perlis EXCO Member and MLA of MCA and sole EXCO Member of the

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ethnicity.

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

On 13 June 2018, Teh was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in Natural Resources, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health by Menteri Besar Azlan. On 22 November 2022, Teh lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the

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 ...

that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)

2018 Perlis state election

In the

2018 Perlis state election The 14th Perlis State election was held on 9 May 2018. The previous state election was held on 5 May 2013. The state assemblymen is elected to 5 years term each. The Perlis State Legislative Assembly would automatically dissolve on 28 June 2018, ...

, Teh made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Titi Tinggi state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after narrowly defeating Teh Seng Chuan of

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(PH), Kamis Yub of

Gagasan Sejahtera The Gagasan Sejahtera (English: ''Ideas of Prosperity'', abbrev: GS) was a coalition of opposition Islamist political parties which promote the "ideas of peace" in Malaysia. The informal electoral pact was formed initially on 16 March 2016 by ...

(GS) as well as the

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candidate Yaacob Man by a majority of only 142 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Teh was renominated by BN to defend the Titi Tinggi seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Titi Tinggi MLA after losing to Izizam Ibrahim of

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; 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 coalition was pr ...

(PN) by a minority of 3,785 votes.

Election results

References

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