Dr.
Ko Chung Sen
许崇信
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018Democratic Action Party
Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
2018–2022Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born
Ko Chung Sen

(1968-06-19) 19 June 1968
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Alma materTrinity College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSurgeon
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese许崇信
Traditional Chinese許崇信
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Chóngxìn
Hokkien POJKhó͘ Chôngsìn

Dr. Ko Chung Sen (Chinese: 許崇信; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Chông-sìn; born 1968) is a Malaysian surgeon and politician of Chinese descent.[1] He was the Perak State Legislative Assemblyman for Kepayang from 2018 to 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. A surgeon by profession, he received BAO cum laude from Trinity College in Dublin. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1999.

Ko returned to Malaysia to work as a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Penang General Hospital in 2001 and worked there until 2004. He then moved to Ipoh to work in KPJ Specialist Hospital and has been there since then.[2]

He was elected to the parliament for Kampar constituency in the 2013 election. As candidate of the DAP, he defeated Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) incumbent Lee Chee Leong.[3] In the 2018 election, was picked as candidate for Perak state seat of Kepayang which he had won and got to be its state assemblyman.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P070 Kampar, Perak Ko Chung Sen (DAP) 26,863 55.59% Lee Chee Leong (MCA) 21,463 44.41% 49,265 5,400 77.44%
Perak State Legislative Assembly[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N29 Kepayang Ko Chung Sen (DAP) 12,417 59.50% Chang Kok Aun (MCA) 2,922 14.00% 15,560 9,495 74.60%

References

  1. ↑ "MyMP Ko Chung Sen". MyMP. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Search Doctor". KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Tan, T.K. (3 June 2014). "For my kids' future". The Rocket. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  5. 1 2 "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  6. 1 2 "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  9. 1 2 "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.


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