Oscar Ling Chai Yew

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Oscar Ling Chai Yew

| native_name={{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|林财耀}}}}

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| birth_name = Oscar Ling Chai Yew

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

| residence =

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| constituency_MP = Sibu

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 5 May 2013

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| predecessor = Wong Ho Leng
(PRDAP)

| successor =

| majority = 2,841 (2013)
11,422 (2018)
7,760 (2022)

| nationality = Malaysia

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = Democratic Action Party (DAP)

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| occupation = Politician

| alma_mater = Monash University

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Oscar Ling Chai Yew ({{lang-zh|s=林财耀|t=林財耀|p=Lín Cáiyào}}; born 9 October 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sibu since May 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?uweb=dr&id=3195|title=Laman Utama Spacer Profile Ahli Dewan|website=Parlimen.gov.my|access-date=2 September 2017}} He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.

Election results

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="2" |2013

| rowspan="7" |P212 Sibu

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

| rowspan="2" |Oscar Ling Chai Yew (DAP)

| rowspan="2" |26,808

| rowspan="2" |52.59%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Vincent Lau Lee Ming (SUPP)

|align="right" |23,967

|47.01%

| rowspan="2" |51,588

| rowspan="2" |2,841

| rowspan="2" |79.86%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Narawi Haron (IND)

|203

|0.40%

rowspan="3" |2018

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

| rowspan="3" |Oscar Ling Chai Yew (DAP)

| rowspan="3" |33,811

| rowspan="3" |59.58%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Wong Kee Yew (UPP)

|22,389

|39.45%

| rowspan="3" |57,689

| rowspan="3" |11,422

| rowspan="3" |77.80%

bgcolor="#74764D;" |

|Tiew Yen Houng (PEACE)

|377

|0.66%

{{Party shading/State Reform Party}} |

|Tiong Ing Tung (STAR)

|176

|0.31%

rowspan=2|2022

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |

|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Oscar Ling Chai Yew}} (DAP)

|rowspan=2 align="right" |31,287

|rowspan=2 |47.45%

|{{Party shading/Gabungan Parti Sarawak}} |

|Clarence Ting Ing Horh (GPS-SUPP)

|align="right"|23,527

|35.68%

| rowspan="2" |65,942

| rowspan="2" |7,760

| rowspan="2" |62.28%

style="background-color:{{party color|United Sarawak Party}}" |

|Wong Soon Koh (PSB)

|align="right" |11,128

|16.88%

Honours

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