Liew Ah Kim

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liew (廖).

Liew Ah Kim is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Seputeh from 1986 to 1999 under Democratic Action Party and the Member of Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Kajang from 1978 to 1982.

Liew Ah Kim
廖金华
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Seputeh
In office 3 August 1986 – 29 November 1999
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Teresa Kok Suh Sim (BA–DAP)
Majority	20,993 (1986) 23,008 (1990) 5,615 (1995)
Personal details
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (1966–1998; since 2002) Malaysian Democratic Party (MDP) (1998–2002)
Occupation	Politician

Politics

He was the Member of Parliament for Seputeh before quitting from DAP in 1998 and established Malaysian Democratic Party together with Wee Choo Keong and was the Deputy Chairman for the party. He tried to defend his seat under the ticket of the new party in 1999 Malaysian general election, but he failed and lost to Teresa Kok. In 2002, he rejoined DAP and contested for the Kampar parliamentary seat but lost to the BN candidate. He had also contested in the 2022 Central Executive Committee Election but was not chosen as a member.^[1][2]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1978	N17 Kajang		Liew Ah Kim (DAP)	6,841	56.95%		Kan Tong Fong (MCA)	4,313	35.91%	12,374	2,528	78.78%
							Kampo Radjo Baginda Kayo (PSRM)	550	4.58%
							Aman Khan (PEKEMAS)	308	2.56%

Parliament of Malaysia^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1982	P058 Batu Gajah		Liew Ah Kim (DAP)	15,686	45.02%		Ban Hon Keong (MCA)	19,156	54.98%	36,010	3,470	75.47%
1986	P101 Seputeh		Liew Ah Kim (DAP)	36,782	69.47%		David Chua Kok Tee (MCA)	15,789	29.82%	52,950	20,993	70.46%
1990			Liew Ah Kim (DAP)	39,445	69.96%		Fu Ah Kiow (MCA)	16,437	29.15%	56,382	23,008	69.06%
1995	P110 Seputeh		Liew Ah Kim (DAP)	26,518	55.27%		Ooi Saw Choo (MCA)	20,903	43.57%	47,975	5,615	70.73%
							Liew Choon Teck (IND)	203	0.42%
1999			Liew Ah Kim (MDP)	457	0.86%		Teresa Kok Suh Sim (DAP)	28,657	54.07%	52,995	5,200	73.58%
							Sua Chong Keh (MCA)	23,457	44.26%
							M. Thurai (IND)	134	0.25%
2004	P070 Kampar		Liew Ah Kim (DAP)	13,639	37.09%		Hew See Tong (MCA)	23,129	62.91%	38,413	9,490	63.10%

See also

• Malaysian Democratic Party
• Wee Choo Keong
• Seputeh (federal constituency)
• Kajang (state constituency)