Tan Kar Hing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan (陈).

Tan Kar Hing (simplified Chinese: 陈家兴; traditional Chinese: 陳家興; pinyin: Chén Jiāxīng; Jyutping: Can4 Gaa1 Hing3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 4 May 1982) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gopeng since November 2022. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Simpang Pulai from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member and State Elections Department Director of Perak of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.^[1] He has also served as the State Vice Chairman of PKR of Perak since January 2019 and also served as the State Youth Chief of PKR of Perak.^[2][3]

Yang Berhormat Tuan Tan Kar Hing MP
陈家兴
Tan in 2013
Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Tourism, Arts and Culture)
In office 19 May 2018 – 10 March 2020
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Preceded by	Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi
Succeeded by	Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi (Tourism)
Constituency	Simpang Pulai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gopeng
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Lee Boon Chye (PH−PKR)
Majority	27,148 (2022)
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Simpang Pulai
In office 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Chan Ming Kai (PR–PKR)
Succeeded by	Wong Chai Yi (PH–PKR)
Majority	11,083 (2013) 20,689 (2018)
Personal details
Born	Tan Kar Hing (1982-05-04) 4 May 1982 (age 43) Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia
Party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Spouse	Lee Yin Ying
Children	2
Alma mater	University Putra Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Website	Facebook Tan Kar Hing

Tan Kar Hing
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳家興
Simplified Chinese	陈家兴
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Jiāxīng
Jyutping	Can4 Gaa1 Hing3
Hokkien POJ	Tân Ka-heng
Tâi-lô	Tân Ka-hing

Political career

Tan first contested the Perak state seat of Simpang Pulai in the 2013 general election (GE13) as a PKR candidate and won with a majority of 11,083 votes.^[4] He successfully defended the seat in the 2018 general election (GE14), almost doubling his majority.

Election result

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P071 Gopeng		Tan Kar Hing (PKR)	55,880	53.92%		Muhammad Farhan Abdul Rahim (BERSATU)	28,732	27.72%	103,638	27,148	72.14%
							Cally Ting Zhao Song (MCA)	18,393	17.75%
							Balachandran Gopal (WARISAN)	633	0.61%

Perak State Legislative Assembly^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N44 Simpang Pulai		Tan Kar Hing (PKR)	18,780	70.13%		Chang Kon You @ Chen Kwan Wu (MCA)	7,697	28.74%	26,780	11,083	83.60%
2018	N45 Simpang Pulai		Tan Kar Hing (PKR)	25,659	59.60%		Liew Yee Lin (MCA)	4,970	14.16%	35,094	20,689	81.50%
							Mohamad Arif Abdul Latiff (PAS)	4,061	11.57%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal