Teh Chai Aan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Teh (郑).

Teh Chai Aan (simplified Chinese: 郑再安; traditional Chinese: 鄭再安; pinyin: Zhèng Zài'ān; Jyutping: Zeng6 Zoi3 On1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ Chài-an) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from May 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Titi Tinggi from May 2018 to November 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 MCA candidates elected in the 2018 state elections of all the states except Sarawak. He was also the sole Perlis EXCO Member and MLA of MCA and sole EXCO Member of the Chinese ethnicity.

Teh Chai Aan
郑再安
Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (Natural Resources, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health)
In office 13 June 2018 – 22 November 2022
Monarch	Sirajuddin
Menteri Besar	Azlan Man
Preceded by	Mat Rawi Kassim (Natural Resources and Environment) Ahmad Bakri Ali (Biotechnology and Green Technology) Nurulhisham Yaakob (Health)
Succeeded by	Mohd Shukri Ramli (Natural Resources) Megat Hashirat Hassan (Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health)
Constituency	Titi Tinggi
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Titi Tinggi
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Khaw Hock King (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Izizam Ibrahim (PN–BERSATU)
Majority	142 (2018)
Personal details
Born	Teh Chai Aan Perlis, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician

Teh Chai Aan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭再安
Simplified Chinese	郑再安
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Zài'ān
Jyutping	Zeng6 Zoi3 On1
Hokkien POJ	Tēⁿ Chài-an
Tâi-lô	Tēnn Tsài-an

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

On 13 June 2018, Teh was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in Natural Resources, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Teh lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)

2018 Perlis state election

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Teh made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Titi Tinggi state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Titi Tinggi MLA after narrowly defeating Teh Seng Chuan of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Kamis Yub of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) as well as the independent candidate Yaacob Man by a majority of only 142 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 Perlis state election, Teh was renominated by BN to defend the Titi Tinggi seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Titi Tinggi MLA after losing to Izizam Ibrahim of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 3,785 votes.

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N01 Titi Tinggi		Teh Chai Aan (MCA)	2,762	35.39%		Teh Seng Chuan (DAP)	2,620	33.57%	8,018	142	79.30%
							Kamis Yub (PAS)	2,291	29.36%
							Yaacob Man (IND)	132	1.68%
2022			Teh Chai Aan (MCA)	1,816	18.94%		Izizam Ibrahim (BERSATU)	5,601	58.42%	9,748	3,785	72.73%
							Teh Seng Chuan (DAP)	1,512	15.77%
							Zahidi Zainul Abidin (IND)	425	4.43%
							Mohd Shahril Md Sharif (PEJUANG)	152	1.59%
							Khaw Hock Kong (WARISAN)	81	0.84%