Tan Kar Hing

{{family name hatnote|Tan {{noitalic|{{lang|zh-hans|(陈)}}}}|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

|name = Tan Kar Hing

|honorific-suffix = MP

|native_name = {{nobold|陈家兴}}

|image = File:Tan Kar Hing (cropped).JPG

|image size =

|caption = Tan in 2013

| office1 = Member of the
Perak State Executive Council
{{small|(Tourism, Arts and Culture)}}

| monarch1 = Nazrin Shah

| 1blankname1 = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata1 = Ahmad Faizal Azumu

| term_start1 = 19 May 2018

| term_end1 = 10 March 2020

| predecessor1 = Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi

| successor1 = Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi
{{small|(Tourism)}}

| constituency1 = Simpang Pulai

| constituency_MP2 = Gopeng

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| term_start2 = 19 November 2022

| term_end2 =

| majority2 = 27,148 (2022)

| predecessor2 = Lee Boon Chye
(PH−PKR)

| successor2 =

| constituency_AM3 = Simpang Pulai

| assembly3 = Perak State Legislative

| majority3 = 11,083 (2013)
20,689 (2018)

| term_start3 = 5 May 2013

| term_end3 = 19 November 2022

| predecessor3 = Chan Ming Kai
(PR–PKR)

| successor3 = Wong Chai Yi
(PH–PKR)

|birth_name = Tan Kar Hing

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|4|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia

|residence =

|death_date =

|death_place =

|citizenship =

|nationality = Malaysian

|party = People's Justice Party (PKR)

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

|religion =

|children = 2

|relations =

|parents =

|spouse = Lee Yin Ying

|occupation = Politician

|alma_mater = University Putra Malaysia

|website = [https://www.facebook.com/tankarhingBM Facebook Tan Kar Hing]

|footnotes =

}}

{{Infobox person

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|hide=no

| t = 陳家興

|s=陈家兴

|poj=Tân Ka-heng

|tl=Tân Ka-hing

|j=Can4 Gaa1 Hing3

|p=Chén Jiāxīng}}

}}

Tan Kar Hing ({{lang-zh|s=陈家兴|t=陳家興|poj=Tân Ka-heng|j=Can4 Gaa1 Hing3|p=Chén Jiāxīng}}; 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.perak.gov.my/index.php/en/menu-other-articles/1063-perak-government-announces-11-state-exco-portfolios-23-may-2018|title=Perak Government Announces 11 State Exco Portfolios : 23 May 2018|date=23 May 2018|publisher =Perak Government|access-date=23 May 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.amkmalaysia.com/AMK|title=AMK Malaysia}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/459498|title=PKR Perak selesai lantik barisan anggota MPP|work=Bernama|date=9 January 2019|publisher =Malaysiakini|access-date=9 January 2019}}

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.{{Cite news|url=https://peraktoday.com.my/2013/05/pru-13-bn-perak-menang-31-kerusi-dun-12-kerusi-parlimen/ |title=PRU-13: BN Perak Menang 31 Kerusi DUN, 12 Kerusi Parlimen |date=6 May 2013|publisher =Perak Today|access-date=6 May 2013}} He successfully defended the seat in the 2018 general election (GE14), almost doubling his majority.

Election result

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan="2" |Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan="2" |Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="3" |2022

| rowspan="3" |P071 Gopeng

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/PH}} |

| rowspan="3" |{{nowrap|Tan Kar Hing}} (PKR)

| rowspan="3" align="right" |55,880

| rowspan="3" |53.92%

| bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} |

| Muhammad Farhan Abdul Rahim (BERSATU)

| align="right" |28,732

|27.72%

| rowspan="3" |103,638

| rowspan="3" |27,148

| rowspan="3" |72.14%

{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Cally Ting Zhao Song (MCA)

| align="right" |18,393

| 17.75%

{{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} |

| Balachandran Gopal (WARISAN)

| align="right" |633

|0.61%

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" \|+ Perak State Legislative Assembly{{cite web \|url= http://undi.info/# \| title = Malaysia General Election \| work =undiinfo Malaysian Election Data \|publisher= Malaysiakini \|access-date= 19 April 2013}} Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).{{cite web \|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php \|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13\|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum\|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia\|language=ms\|access-date=24 March 2017}}Results only available for the 2013 election.{{cite web \|url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx \|title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) \|website=www.myundi.com.my\|access-date=2014-04-09 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx \|archive-date=31 March 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}{{cite web\|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm\|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13\|work=Utusan Malaysia\|access-date=26 October 2014}}{{cite web\|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/\|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14\|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia \|language=ms\|access-date=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web\|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/\|title=The Star Online GE14\|work=The Star\|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.
\|Year !\|Constituency !colspan=2 \| Candidate !\|Votes !\|Pct !colspan=2 \| Opponent(s) !\|Votes !\|Pct !\|Ballots cast !\|Majority !\|Turnout
2013 \|N44 Simpang Pulai \|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} \| \|{{nowrap\|Tan Kar Hing}} (PKR) \| style="text-align:right;"\|18,780 \| style="text-align:right;"\|70.13% \|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} \| \|Chang Kon You @ Chen Kwan Wu (MCA) \| style="text-align:right;"\|7,697 \| style="text-align:right;"\|28.74% \|26,780 \|11,083 \|83.60%
rowspan=2\|2018 \|rowspan=2\|N45 Simpang Pulai \|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} \| \|rowspan=2\|Tan Kar Hing (PKR) \|rowspan=2\|25,659 \|rowspan=2\|59.60% \|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} \| \|Liew Yee Lin (MCA) \|4,970 \|14.16% \|rowspan=2\|35,094 \|rowspan=2\|20,689 \|rowspan=2\|81.50%
{{Party shading/PAS}} \| \|Mohamad Arif Abdul Latiff (PAS) \|4,061 \|11.57%

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|+ Perak State Legislative Assembly{{cite web |url= http://undi.info/# | title = Malaysia General Election | work =undiinfo Malaysian Election Data |publisher= Malaysiakini |access-date= 19 April 2013}} Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).{{cite web |url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php |title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=24 March 2017}}Results only available for the 2013 election.{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=Utusan Malaysia|access-date=26 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.