Gobind tops DAP polls, Teresa and Rayer lose out

 

Gobind Singh Deo (left) secured the highest number of votes, but Teresa Kok and RSN Rayer were surprise losers.

PETALING JAYA: 

Damansara MP Gobind Singh Deo secured the top spot in the election of DAP’s 2025-2028 central executive committee (CEC) today with 2,785 votes.

Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen finished second with 2,631 votes while deputy communications minister Teo Nie Ching was third with 2,585.

They were followed by Selangor executive councillor Ng Suee Lim (2,563), transport minister Loke Siew Fook (2,508) and Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin (2,503).

Also making it into the top 10 were Selangor DAP chief Ng Sze Han (2,437), Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong (2,390), deputy agriculture and food security minister Chan Foong Hin (2,362) and deputy education minister Wong Kah Woh (2,265).

Among the biggest upsets were firebrand Jelutong MP RSN Rayer, Seputeh MP Teresa Kok and deputy finance minister Lim Hui Ying, who all failed to make it into the party’s 30-member CEC.

Other big names who failed to make the cut were former human resources minister V Sivakumar, former youth chief Dr Kelvin Yii, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng and Klang MP V Ganabatirau.

Representatives from Selangor top the CEC lineup with six, followed by Penang and Johor (four each), Negeri Sembilan and Perak (three each), Sarawak (two) and Sabah, Pahang and Melaka (one each).

The incoming CEC is a mix of veterans and new faces. They will now elect the party’s office-bearers for the 2025-2028 term from among themselves.

The following is the full list of DAP’s CEC for the 2025-2028 term.

1. Gobind Singh Deo – 2,785
2. Chong Chieng Jen – 2,631
3. Teo Nie Ching – 2,585
4. Ng Suee Lim – 2,563
5. Loke Siew Fook – 2,508
6. Yeo Bee Yin – 2,503
7. Ng Sze Han – 2,437
8. Khoo Poay Tiong – 2,390
9. Chan Foong Hin – 2,362
10. Wong Kah Woh – 2,265
11. Steven Sim – 2,262
12. Vivian Wong – 2,244

13. Nga Kor Ming – 2,215

14. Lee Chin Chen – 2,172
15. Hannah Yeoh – 2,169
16. Alice Lau – 2,165
17. Liow Cai Tung – 2,139
18. Teo Kok Seong – 2,107
19. Chow Kon Yeow – 2,101
20. Syahredzan Johan – 2,065
21. Young Syefura Othman – 1,943
22. Liew Chin Tong – 1,929
23. Ramkarpal Singh – 1,917
24. J Arul Kumar – 1,747
25. Kasthuri Patto – 1,722
26. Lim Guan Eng – 1,719
27. Howard Lee – 1,703
28. Wong Shu Qi – 1,655
29. Tan Hong Pin – 1,585
30. Ngeh Koo Ham – 1,584

- FMT