Teoh Teik Huat (1946/1947 – 15 July 2024) was a Malaysian politician. He represented the Democratic Action Party (DAP) at the state and federal levels and was its chairman in Penang. He later joined the People's Justice Party with a number of DAP members.
Career Teoh represented Bagan in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1990, and was state assemblyman for Pengkalan Kota from 1982 to 1990 and Paya Terubong from 1990 to 1995.
He was leader of the state chapter at the time that DAP made a serious bid to take over the Penang state government at the 1990 Malaysian elections. For that campaign, dubbed Tanjong 2, the party formed an alliance with the Umno splinter party Semangat 46 as part of the Gagasan Rakyat coalition. However, even though party chief Lim Kit Siang defeated incumbent Chief Minister Lim Chong Eu in Padang Kota, DAP only narrowly failed to win the election, securing 14 out of the state's 33 seats.
Teoh fell out with other DAP leaders in 1998, and joined fellow opposition party Parti Keadilan Nasional, later known as Parti Keadilan Rakyat with a number of DAP members.
Retirement and death Teoh died from complications from surgery in Perth, Australia, on 15 July 2024, at the age of 77.
Election results + Penang State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1980N23 Pengkalan KotaTeoh Teik Huat (DAP)6,285N/A (MCA)6,839%N/A 554 N/A Lim Ewe Chin (IND)N/AN/ATan Kee Chey (IND)N/AN/A1982 (DAP)9,21351.73%Lim Kean Siew (MCA)8,59748.27%18,11561680.59%1986 Teoh Teik Huat (DAP)10,86258.56%Loh Hock Hun (MCA)7,68841.44%18,9183,17478.55%1990N29 Paya TerubongTeoh Teik Huat (DAP)8,92152.71%Chin Nyok Soo (MCA)8,00347.29%16,924 91877.45% 1995Teoh Teik Huat (DAP)9,08140.69% (MCA)13,09758.69%22,3164,01679.25%Selvaraja Somiah David Somiah (PBS)1380.62%
+ Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1986P043 (DAP)21,75955.91%Chaw Chek Sam (MCA)17,15844.09%38,9174,60172.31%1995P045 Bukit MertajamTeoh Teik Huat (DAP)18,07737.46% (MCA)30,17562.54%49,65912,09878.51%
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