Malaysian politician and lawyer
Lee Ting Han (Chinese: 李廷汉; born c. 1990) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer. He has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi, and has been Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paloh since March 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He is one of the only two Johor EXCO members of Chinese ethnicity and of MCA, alongside Ling Tian Soon.
Lee studied at the SMK Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru (SMKPJ) from 2003-2009 before continuing his studies at the University of Malaya, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in law.[2] He then continued his postgraduate study at University of Cambridge.[3][2] Before departing for the United Kingdom, Lee briefly worked at the Prime Minister's Department.[2]
He is the Special Function Officer to Wee Ka Siong, who was the Minister of Transport from March 2020 to November 2022.[4]
Lee contested the 2022 Johor state election as the BN candidate for Paloh and defeated defending MLA Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and two other candidates .[5] He was sworn in as a Johor EXCO member on 26 March 2022.[6]
Election results
Johor State Legislative Assembly[7]
Year
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Constituency
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Candidate
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Votes
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Pct
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Opponent(s)
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Votes
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Pct
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Ballots cast
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Majority
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Turnout%
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2022
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N30 Paloh
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Lee Ting Han (MCA)
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8,077
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55.05%
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Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (DAP)
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4,901
|
33.41%
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14,671
|
3,176
|
56.80%
|
|
Selvendran Velu (PAS)
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1,512
|
10.31%
|
|
Aminuddin Johari (PEJUANG)
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181
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1.23%
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