Tan Tee Beng (; born 21 February 1972) is a Malaysian politician from WAWASAN. From 2008 to 2013 he was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Nibong Tebal constituency in Penang, Malaysia.
Tan was elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election for the opposition National Justice Party (KeADILan) which later changed to People's Justice Party (PKR) party, unseating Zainal Abidin Osman, a government Minister. On 1 March 2010, Tan announced he was leaving PKR to sit as an Independent member of Parliament. His resignation from PKR followed the instigation of disciplinary action against him by the party after he criticised Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng from the party's Pakatan Rakyat coalition partner the Democratic Action Party. Tan has later announced he joined Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (KITA) on 24 February 2011. But he was sacked from KITA on 7 February 2012 allegedly for making statement disparaging the party. Tan contested as an Independent candidate in a four-corner fight for Nibong Tebal parliamentary seat in the 2018 general election but lost. In 2026, Tan Tee Bing was announced as the Central Committee member of the newly formed WAWASAN party.
Tan's father, Datuk Tan Gim Hwa, was a founding member of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), a coalition party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government), and even Tan himself before joining PKR is a former official in Gerakan's youth wing.Illogical to remove Koh, says Penang Gerakan Youth, Hafiz Marzukhi, 9 August 2011, The Star He was the GERAKAN's candidate for the Penang State Legislative Assembly seat of Batu Lancang in the 1999 general election which he lost by a slim majority.
Before entering politics, Tan was a stockbroker. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Middlesex University.
Election results + Penang State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1999N27 Batu Lancang (Gerakan)7,25149.05% (DAP)7,53250.95%15,104 28174.37%
+ Parliament of Malaysia Results only available from the 2004 election. Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2008P047 Nibong Tebal (PKR)20,21054.13%Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO)17,12345.87%38,1293,08780.20%2018Tan Tee Beng (IND)3310.53% (PKR)45,92955.18%63,19915,81786.12%Shaik Hussein Mydin (UMNO)28,03533.68%Mohd Helmi Haron (PAS)8,1739.82%
See also Nibong Tebal (federal constituency)
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