Lim Ban Hong

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2021)
In office
5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded bySeet Har Cheow
(BNMCA)
Succeeded byGue Teck
(PH–PKR)
Majority2,097 (2013)
Vice President of the
Malaysian Chinese Association
Assumed office
4 November 2018
Serving with
Tan Teik Cheng &
Wee Jeck Seng (since 2023) &
Lawrance Low Ah Keong
(since 2023) &
Ti Lian Ker (2018–2023) &
Yew Tong Look (2018–2023)
PresidentWee Ka Siong
Preceded byLee Chee Leong
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2020–2022Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2013–2018Barisan Nasional
2021–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47)
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Lim Ban Hong (

Melaka of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the Vice President of MCA since November 2018.[1]

Politics

Lim first won in 2013 state election to serve as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kelebang from May 2013 to May 2018.[2] He had also served as member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) for the Transport, Project Rehabilitation and International Trade Executive Committee of the state.[3]

He, however, was defeated by Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Gue Teck and failed to defend his position as the MLA for Kelebang in the 2018 state election which also saw the collapse of the BN administration in the simultaneous 2013 general election (GE14).[4] After the earlier GE14 outcome, in the November 2018 party leadership election, Lim was elected as the Vice-President of MCA in the new leadership line-up.[5]

Following the collapse of PH in the February

Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah.[6][7]

In November 2021 state election, he get to be re-elected again after regaining the Kelebang seat back by defeating the incumbent Gue Teck.[8][9]

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 N14 Kelebang Lim Ban Hong (MCA) 9,171 56.45% Liou Chen Kuang (DAP) 7,074 43.55% 16,629 2,097 87.16%
2018 Lim Ban Hong (MCA) 6,859 40.88% Gue Teck (PKR) 7,648 45.58% 17,059 789 84.59%
Mohd Syafiq Ismail (
PAS
)
2,272 13.54%
2021 Lim Ban Hong (MCA) 5,028 38.49% Gue Teck (PKR) 4,152 31.78% 13,064 876 66.31%
PAS
)
3,884 29.73%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P136
Tangga Batu
Lim Ban Hong (MCA) 25,095 27.27%
PAS
)
37,406 40.65% 92,027 8,849 80.19%
PKR
)
28,557 31.03%
Ghazali Abu (PUTRA) 702 0.76%
Shahril Mahmood (IND) 267 0.29%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

  1. ^ "Lim Ban Hong". PRU Di Sinar (in Malay). Sinar Harian. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. Berita Harian
    . 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ June Moh (19 September 2016). "Malacca targets RM5b FDIs from Chinese investors this year". New Straits Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "#PRU14 RASMI–KEPUTUSAN/RESULT–MELAKA: N14: KELEBANG". Bernama. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020 – via Twitter.
  5. Channel News Asia
    . 5 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. Berita Harian
    . 9 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. Berita Harian
    . 9 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Melaka Polls: Barisan Nasional's Lim Ban Hong popular as he casts vote". The Star. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Melaka Polls: BN candidate Ban Hong wins Kelebang seat". The Star. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 6 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  11. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  12. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  13. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  14. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  15. ^ "N.14 KELEBANG". SPR Dashboard. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).

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