Teo Kok Seong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Teo (张).

Teo Kok Seong (simplified Chinese: 张聒翔; traditional Chinese: 張聒翔; pinyin: Zháng Guōxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tioⁿ Koat-siông; born 18 October 1979) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun and Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bahau since May 2018 and from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions. He has served as Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of DAP since March 2022. He also served as the Youth Chief of DAP or known as the Chief of the youth wing of DAP namely the DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) from December 2012 to November 2015.

Yang Berhormat Tuan Teo Kok Seong MLA
张聒翔
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 August 2023
Monarch	Muhriz
Menteri Besar	Aminuddin Harun
Portfolio	Industry and Non-Islamic Affairs
Preceded by	Mohamad Rafie Abdul Malek (Industry) Chew Seh Yong (Non-Islamic Affairs)
Constituency	Bahau
In office 23 May 2018 – 14 August 2023
Monarch	Muhriz
Menteri Besar	Aminuddin Harun
Portfolio	Urban Wellbeing, Local Government, Housing and New Villages
Preceded by	Jalaluddin Alias (Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government) Manickam Letchuman (New Villages)
Succeeded by	Arul Kumar Jambunathan (Local Government Development & Housing) Portfolios abolished (Urban Wellbeing & New Villages)
Constituency	Bahau
Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Democratic Action Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 March 2022 Serving with Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (2022–2023) & Lim Lip Eng (2022–2025) & Lim Hui Ying (since 2022) & Syahredzan Johan (2022–2025) & Young Syefura Othman (2022–2025) & Howard Lee Chuan How (2022–2025) & Tan Hong Pin (2022–2025) & Alice Lau Kiong Yieng (2022–2025) & Thomas Su Keong Siong (2022–2025) & Vincent Wu Him Ven (since 2022) & Chan Foong Hin (2022–2025) & Lee Chin Chen (2022–2025) & Chow Kon Yeow (since 2025) & Liow Cai Tung (since 2025) & Yeoh Soon Hin (since 2025) & Thulsi Thivani Manogaran (since 2025) & Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu (since 2025) & Papparaidu Veraman (since 2025) & Yap Yee Vonne (since 2025) & Andrew Chen Kah Eng (since 2025) & Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (since 2025) & Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (since 2025)
Secretary-General	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Youth Chief of the Democratic Action Party
In office 9 December 2012 – 22 November 2015
Secretary-General	Lim Guan Eng
Deputy	Loh Chee Heng
Preceded by	Anthony Loke Siew Fook
Succeeded by	Wong Kah Woh
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Bahau
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Chew Seh Yong (PR–DAP)
Majority	6,109 (2018) 8,408 (2023)
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Lim Fui Ming (DAP)
Succeeded by	Chew Seh Yong (PR–DAP)
Majority	837 (2008)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Rasah
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Anthony Loke Siew Fook (PR–DAP)
Succeeded by	Cha Kee Chin (PH–DAP)
Majority	24,101 (2013)
Personal details
Born	Teo Kok Seong (1979-10-18) 18 October 1979 (age 45) Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 2002)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (2002–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Alma mater	Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
Occupation	Politician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張聒翔
Simplified Chinese	张聒翔
Hanyu Pinyin	Zháng Guōxiáng
Hokkien POJ	Tioⁿ Koat-siông

Political career

He joined DAP in 2002. In March 2015, he was arrested for his involvement in the "Kita Lawan" rally.^[1] In 2008 he was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for the seat of the Bahau and he won election to the federal parliament for the constituency of Rasah in 2013. In 2018 election he switched seat to Bahau and he defeated BN's candidate and PAS's candidate with a majority of 6109 votes.^[2]

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly^[3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N08 Bahau		Teo Kok Seong (DAP)	6,188	52.24%		Lim Fui Ming (MCA)	5,351	45.17%	11,846	837	72.84%
2018			Teo Kok Seong (DAP)	10,094	64.74%		Chong Wan Yu (MCA)	3,985	25.56%	15,591	6,109	81.11%
							Mustafar Bakri Abdul Aziz (PAS)	1,512	9.70%
2023			Teo Kok Seong (DAP)	11,939	77.18%		Kumar S Paramasivam (PAS)	3,531	22.82%	15,602	8,408	60.55%

Parliament of Malaysia^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P130 Rasah		Teo Kok Seong (DAP)	48,964	65.77%		Teo Eng Kian (MCA)	25,479	34.23%	75,860	23,485	85.81%