David Cheong Kian Young

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for KajangAssumed office
12 August 2023Preceded byHee Loy Sian
(PH–PKR)Majority34,394 (2023) Personal detailsBorn
MalaysiaCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)Other political
affiliationsPakatan Harapan (PH)Alma materDharma Buddhist University (MA at Buddhism research works & diploma at architecture)Occupation

David Cheong Kian Young
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張睷洋
Simplified Chinese	张睷洋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Jiānyáng

David Cheong Kian Young (simplified Chinese: 张睷洋; traditional Chinese: 張睷洋; pinyin: Zhāng Jiānyáng) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kajang since August 2023. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has also served as Member of the Central Leadership Council (MPP), Deputy Division Chief of Kuala Langat and deputy director of the State Elections Department (JPRN) of PKR as well as the Treasurer of JPRN of PH of Selangor since 2022.^[1]

Political career

He served as the Chairman of the Polling District Committee (JDM) of PKR of Sungai Jarom from 2008 to 2010, State Deputy Chairman of the Welfare Bureau of PKR of Selangor from 2010 to 2013 and the Treasurer of JPRN of Selangor from 2020 to 2022.

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Selangor state election

In the 2023 Selangor state election, Cheong made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest the Kajang state seat. Cheong won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Kajang MLA after defeating Allan Liew Sin Kim of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Arutchelvan Subramaniam of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) by a majority of 34,394 votes.^[2]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2023	N25 Kajang		David Cheong Kian Young (PKR)	54,794	70.36%		Allan Liew Sin Kim (BERSATU)	20,400	26.20%	77,875	34,394	70.93%
							Arutchelvan Subramaniam (PSM)	2,681	3.44%

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