Datuk Ding Kuong Hiing (; born 20 January 1955) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Meradong since May 2016. Previously, he was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia (MP) for Sarikei from March 2008 to May 2013.
Political career Ding was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election. After defeating his opponent from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) by 51 votes, he survived a legal challenge to the election in the Election Court, and an appeal to the Federal Court. Before his election, Ding was a staffer to the Chief Minister of Sarawak. In the 2013 election, Ding lost the seat to the DAP's Andrew Wong Ling Biu by 505 votes. Votes for candidates finishing in third place or lower are not listed.
Personal life Ding is an engineer by profession and is married with two children.
Election results + Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyWinnerVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2008 P208 SarikeiDing Kuong Hiing (SUPP)10,58848.37%Wong Hua Seh (DAP)10,53748.13% 22,246 51 70.23%Kung Chin Chin (IND)5452.49%Lau Kieng Chai (IND)1160.53%Ngu Tieng Hai (IND)1050.48%2013 (SUPP)13,75849.10%Andrew Wong Ling Biu (DAP)14,26350.90%28,35350577.60%
+ Sarawak State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyWinnerVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2016 N46 Meradong (SUPP) 6,865 56.21% Ting Tze Fui (DAP) 5,349 43.79% 12,413 1,516 73.50%2021 (SUPP) 6,827 58.24% Hii Ru Yee (PSB) 3,465 29.56% 11,939 3,362 65.76% Yong Siew Wei (DAP) 809 6.90% Moh Hiong King (PBK) 622 5.31%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (2016)
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