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Biography
Leong Cheok Keng is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Malim Nawar from May 2013 until November 2022.Currently he is a member of WARISAN, which he joined on 3 November 2022. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of theformerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and presently Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalitions. He was also, for a brief period, a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), a party aligned with the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Politics
He was expelled from DAP on 19 January 2021 for applying to join MCA. However, he stayed as independent and did not join any party. On 14 January 2022, he had announced that he had joined PBM. On 3 November 2022, he had announced that he had quitted PBM and will participate in the 2022 Perak state election under WARISAN. In the election, Leong lost his state seat to Pakatan Harapan candidate V Bavani @ Shasha, garnering only 684 votes and lost his deposit.
Personal life
His younger brother, Leong Cheok Lung is also a politician and has participated in the 2022 Malaysian general election, contesting in the Kampar federal seat under WARISAN.
Election result
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Malim Nawar | Leong Cheok Keng (DAP) | 11,296 | 60.75% | Chang Gwo Chyang (BN-MCA) | 6,953 | 37.40% | 18,593 | 4,343 | 75.50% | ||
| 2018 | Leong Cheok Keng (DAP) | 11,271 | 64.74% | Chang Gwo Chyang (BN-MCA) | 5,189 | 29.81% | 17,409 | 6,082 | 75.96% | |||
| Bawani Kaniapan (PSM) | 213 | 1.22% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Leong Cheok Keng (WARISAN) | 684 | 3.67% | V Bavani @ Shasha (PH-DAP) | 10,905 | 58.57% | 18,618 | 7,259 | 62.68% | |||
| Chin Woon Kheong (BN-MCA) | 3,646 | 19.58% | ||||||||||
| Sherry Syed (PN-BERSATU) | 3,383 | 18.17% | ||||||||||