1987 Gopeng by-election

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| election_name = 1987 Gopeng by-election

| country = Malaysia

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1986 Malaysian general election

| previous_year = 1986

| next_election = 1990 Malaysian general election

| next_year = 1990

| seats_for_election = P077 seat in the Dewan Rakyat

| election_date = 16 May 1987

| image1 = BN

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| candidate1 = Ting Chew Peh

| color1 = {{party colour|Barisan Nasional}}

| party1 = MCA

| alliance1 = BN

| popular_vote1 = 12,619

| percentage1 = 60.62%

| image2 = DAP

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| candidate2 = Ahmad Nor

| party2 = DAP

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| color2 = {{party colour|Democratic Action Party}}

| popular_vote2 = 8,096

| percentage2 = 38.89%

| image3 = IND

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| candidate3 = Tan Kee Chye

| party3 = Independent

| alliance3 =

| color3 = {{party colour|Independent politician}}

| popular_vote3 = 103

| percentage3 = 0.49%

| title = MP

| before_election = Tan Koon Swan

| before_party = BN (MCA)

| after_election = Ting Chew Peh

| after_party = BN (MCA)

| turnout = 21,236

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The Gopeng by-election is a parliamentary by-election that was held on 16 May 1986 in the state of Perak, Malaysia. The Gopeng seat fell vacant following the resignation of its member of parliament Tan Koon Swan of Barisan Nasional (BN) due to imprisonment in Singapore.{{Cite news |title=Ahmad Nor to stand in Gopeng if seat is vacant |date=1986-10-31 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19861031&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=New Straits Times |pages=2 |language=en}} Tan, who at the time were the president of BN's component party Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), won the seat in 1986 Malaysian general election against 4 other candidates with majority of 6,135.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p152 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}{{Cite book |last=Ramanathan |first=Sankaran |title=Malaysia's 1986 General Election: The Urban-Rural Dichotomy |last2=Adnan |first2=Mohd H. |date=1988 |publisher=ISEAS Publishing |isbn=978-981-4376-82-2 |location=Singapore}}{{Cite journal |last=Rachagan |first=S. Sothi |date=1987 |title=The 1986 Parliamentary Elections in Peninsular Malaysia |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27908577 |journal=Southeast Asian Affairs |pages=217–235 |issn=0377-5437}}{{Cite journal |last=Hanafiah |first=A. Malek |date=1987-12-01 |title=The Malaysian general election of 1986 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379487900400 |journal=Electoral Studies |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=279–285 |doi=10.1016/0261-3794(87)90040-0 |issn=0261-3794}}

Ting Chew Peh of Barisan Nasional, won the by election, defeating Ahmad Nor of Democratic Action Party and independent politician Tan Kee Chye with a majority of 4,523 votes. The constituency had 34,412 voters.{{Cite news |title=BN retains Gopeng |last=Francis |first=Jerry |date=1987-05-17 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19870517&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=New Straits Times |pages=1 |language=en}}