Bekok (state constituency)

Bekok (N06)
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Tan Chong; BN
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Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2026
Demographics
Population (2020)	21,928
Electors (2026)	27,317
Area (km²)	1,068

Bekok is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

LegislatureJohor State Legislative Assembly

MLA

Tan Chong
BN

Constituency created1959

First contested1959

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The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

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State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bekok (N06)	Bandar Labis Selatan	142/06/01	SK Labis
	Bandar Labis Barat	142/06/02	SMK Munshi Ibrahim
	Sungai Karas	142/06/03	SJK (C) Karas
	Kampong Panchajaya	142/06/04	Balai Raya Kampung Panchajaya
	Kampong Kudong	142/06/05	SK Kampung Kudong
	Ladang Kempas	142/06/06	Pusat Jagaan Kanak-Kanak Ladang Gunung Mas (Div)
	Kampong Bahru Bekok Barat	142/06/07	SMK Bekok
	Kampong Bahru Bekok Tengah	142/06/08	SJK (C) Bekok
	Kampong Bahru Bekok Timor	142/06/09	SK Seri Bekok
	Bandar Bekok	142/06/10	SJK (T) Bekok
	Ladang Getah Eldred Bekok	142/06/11	Dewan Orang Ramai Ladang Eldred
	Johor Labis 'A'	142/06/12	Balai Raya Claire 1 Ladang Claire Chaah
	Chaah Barat	142/06/13	SMK Chaah
	Bandar Chaah Utara	142/06/14	SJK (T) Cantuman Chaah
	Bandar Chaah Tengah	142/06/15	SJK (C) Chaah
	Bandar Chaah Selatan	142/06/16	SA Chaah
	Kampong Jawa Chaah	142/06/17	SK Seri Bali
	Chaah Timor	142/06/18	SJK (T) Cantuman Chaah
	Chan Wing	142/06/19	Dewan Orang Ramai Ladang Gunung Mas
	Ladang Gerchang	142/06/20	Balai Raya Ladang Sungai Gerchang Bahagian 2
	Desa Temu Jodoh	142/06/21	SK Desa Temu Jodoh
	Perling	142/06/22	SK Seri Labis

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bekok
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Phang Voon Liat	Independent
2nd	1964-1969	Sim Kim Chong @ Siew Ah See	Alliance (MCA)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1969-1971	Sim Kim Chong @ Siew Ah See	Alliance (MCA)
3rd	1971-1974	Ng Nam Seng	Alliance (MCA)
4th	1974-1978		BN (MCA)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Siaw Siew Bee
7th	1986-1990	Tay Boon Chong
8th	1990-1995	Pang Hok Liong (彭学良)	DAP
9th	1995-1999	Tan Kok Hong @ Tan Yi	BN (MCA)
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018	Lim Eng Guan (林永源)	PR (DAP)
14th	2018-2022	Ramakrishnan Suppiah (ராமகிருஷ்ணன் சுப்பையா)	PH (DAP)
15th	2022–2026	Tan Chong (陈宗)	BN (MCA)
16th	2026-present	Tan Chong (陈宗)	BN (MCA)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Chong	10,230	63.16	11.85
	PH	Tay Yok Jiuen	5,967	36.84	11.56
Total valid votes			16,197	100.00
Total rejected ballots			266
Unreturned ballots			23
Turnout			16,486	60.35	9.05
Registered electors			27,317
Majority			4,263	26.32	0.30
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Chong	7,036	51.31	8.57
	PH	Kanan Muruppiah	3,467	25.28	25.28
	PN	Tan Lek Khang	2,881	21.01	21.01
	Heritage	Sandara Segaran Arumugam	330	2.40	2.40
Total valid votes			13,714	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			86
Turnout			14,071	51.31	30.11
Registered electors			27,426
Majority			3,569	26.03	11.92
	BN gain from PKR		Swing		?
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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Ramakrishnan Suppiah	9,983	57.06	57.06
	BN	Tan Chong	7,514	42.94	2.96
Total valid votes			17,497	100.00
Total rejected ballots			333
Unreturned ballots			48
Turnout			17,878	81.42	2.38
Registered electors			21,958
Majority			2,469	14.11	5.91
	PKR hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Eng Guan	9,243	54.10	11.53
	BN	Tan Chong	7,842	45.90	11.53
Total valid votes			17,085	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			25
Turnout			17,408	83.80	13.05
Registered electors			20,774
Majority			1,401	8.20	6.67
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		-

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kok Hong	7,510	57.43	18.30
	DAP	Chang Teck Chee	5,566	42.57	18.30
Total valid votes			13,076	100.00
Total rejected ballots			304
Unreturned ballots			32
Turnout			13,412	70.75	0.58
Registered electors			18,957
Majority			1,944	14.87	36.61
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kok Hong	9,521	75.74	8.36
	DAP	Ahmad Ton	3,050	24.26	8.36
Total valid votes			12,571	100.00
Total rejected ballots			306
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			12,891	70.17	1.32
Registered electors			18,372
Majority			6,471	51.48	16.72
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kok Hong	11,213	67.38	4.56
	DAP	John Ong Ching Ping	5,429	32.62	4.56
Total valid votes			16,642	100.00
Total rejected ballots			505
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			17,177	68.85	2.61
Registered electors			24,948
Majority			5,784	34.76	9.12
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tan Kok Hong	10,850	62.82	13.79
	DAP	Pang Hok Liong	6,422	37.18	13.79
Total valid votes			17,272	100.00
Total rejected ballots			467
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			17,763	71.46	0.99
Registered electors			24,857
Majority			4,428	25.64	23.70
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		-

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Pang Hok Liong	7,638	50.97	6.11
	BN	Lim Si Cheng	7,348	49.03	4.19
Total valid votes			14,986	100.00
Total rejected ballots			516
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			15,511	70.47	0.65
Registered electors			22,012
Majority			290	1.94	6.43
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		-

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tay Boon Chong	7,610	53.22	10.21
	DAP	Lim Wah Kin	6,414	44.86	9.48
	PAS	Mohd. Saat bin Mohamad	274	1.92	0.97
Total valid votes			14,298	100.00
Total rejected ballots			477
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,775	71.11	4.80
Registered electors			20,777
Majority			1,196	8.36	19.69
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Siaw Siew Bee	8,618	63.43	6.13
	DAP	Lim Kwi Siam	4,806	35.37	5.35
	PAS	Abu Bakar Baharudin	129	0.95	1.02
	Independent	Mo Min K. Kutty Ali	33	0.24	0.24
Total valid votes			13,586	100.00
Total rejected ballots			520
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,106	75.91	1.83
Registered electors			18,583
Majority			3,812	28.06	11.49
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Nam Seng	6,504	57.30
	DAP	Tan Kim Yuan	4,623	40.73
	PAS	Abu Bakar Kathom	224	1.97
Total valid votes			11,351	100.00
Total rejected ballots			556
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,907	77.74	77.74
Registered electors			15,317
Majority			1,881	16.57	16.57
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	∆%
On the nomination day, Ng Nam Seng won uncontested.
	BN	Ng Nam Seng
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			13,080
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing	-

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ng Nam Seng	5,219	58.73	4.34
	DAP	Chian Heng Kai	3,667	41.27	41.27
Total valid votes			8,886	100.00
Total rejected ballots			137
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,023	65.68	4.69
Registered electors			13,737
Majority			1,552	17.47	8.67
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sim Kim Chong	4,826	54.40	5.22
	Independent	Tee (Bong Hing)	4,046	45.60	45.60
Total valid votes			8,872	100.00
Total rejected ballots			805
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,677	70.38	11.56
Registered electors			13,750
Majority			780	8.79	28.53
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sim Kim Chong	5,280	59.62	11.00
	Socialist Front	Soi Beng	1,975	22.30	22.30
	UDP	Phang Voon Liat	1,601	18.08	18.08
Total valid votes			8,856	100.00
Total rejected ballots			474
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,330	81.94	3.26
Registered electors			11,387
Majority			3,305	37.32	34.57
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing		-

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Phang Voon Liat	3,154	51.38
	Alliance	Chia Chin Koon	2,985	48.62
Total valid votes			6,139	100.00
Total rejected ballots			178
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,317	78.68
Registered electors			8,029
Majority			169	2.75
This was a new constituency created.