| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk |
| Tey Kok Kiew | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-my |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Pantai Belimbing, Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia |
| Office: | Member of the Malacca State Executive Council |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Adly Zahari |
| Term Start: | 16 May 2018 |
| Term End: | 2 March 2020 |
| Constituency: | Bandar Hilir |
| Assembly1: | Melaka State Legislative |
| Majority1: | 4,912 (2008) 7,952 (2013) 11,313 (2018) |
| Term Start1: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End1: | 20 November 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Goh Leong San (DAP) |
| Successor1: | Leng Chau Yen (PH–DAP) |
| Office2: | State Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Malacca |
| Term Start2: | 12 January 2023 |
| Term End2: | 7 June 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Damian Yeo Shen Li |
| 1Blankname2: | Secretary-General |
| 1Namedata2: | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| Term Start3: | 13 December 2015 |
| Term End3: | 21 November 2021 |
| Predecessor3: | Goh Leong San |
| Successor3: | Damian Yeo Shen Li |
| 2Blankname3: | Secretary-General |
| 2Namedata3: | Lim Guan Eng |
| Office7: | Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm7: | 2008–2018 |
| Suboffice7: | Democratic Action Party |
| Subterm8: | 2018–2021 |
| Suboffice8: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Tey Kok Kiew is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Chief Minister Adly Zahari from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 as well as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandar Hilir from March 2008 to November 2021. He is a member from Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He served as State Chairman of DAP of Malacca for the first term from December 2015 to his resignation in November 2021 following a huge defeat of DAP in the 2021 Malacca state election and the second term from January 2023 to his resignation again in June 2024.[1] [2]
Tey initially contested as a DAP candidate in the 2008 Malacca state election for the Bandar Hilir state seat in 2008 and went on to defend the seat in the 2013 and 2018 Melaka state elections.[2] Tey was fielded by the party to spearhead the DAP younger faces in the subsequent 2021 Malacca state election as the PH candidate replacing the incumbent Wong Fort Pin who was however dropped to contest Bemban seat which was considered a more risky election for DAP and Tey.[3] [4] [5]
In 2018, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had rebuked Tey, the DAP Malacca chief and Wong, the Deputy Speaker of Malacca State Legislative Assembly and assemblyman of Bemban then on their acceptance of the Malacca state "Datukship" in their first year as MLA which had breached the party's long-standing principal agreed upon since the mid-1990s on DAP elected representatives not to receive honours awards during their active political service period.[6] [7] Lim called for those involved to apologise which Wong had obliged and even offered to return the award[8] but Tey did not and remained adamant.[9] [10] [11] Tey opined the party should have inform the King, state rulers or governors for such principal policy.[12]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N22 Bandar Hilir | Tey Kok Kiew (DAP) | 9,591 | 67.21% | Chock Choon Sin (MCA) | 4,679 | 32.79% | 14,421 | 4,912 | 76.83% | ||||
| 2013 | Tey Kok Kiew (DAP) | 11,754 | 75.56% | Ronald Gan Yong Hoe (MCA) | 3,802 | 24.44% | 15,756 | 7,952 | 83.20% | |||||
| 2018 | Tey Kok Kiew (DAP) | 14,038 | 83.05% | Lee Chong Leng (MCA) | 2,725 | 16.12% | 17,602 | 11,313 | 83.90% | |||||
| Chin Choong Seong (IND) | 141 | 0.83% | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | N24 Bemban | Tey Kok Kiew (DAP) | 3,095 | 25.43% | bgcolor= | Mohd Yadzil Yaakub (BERSATU) | 4,211 | 34.60% | 12,169 | 328 | 65.52% | |||
| Koh Chin Han (MCA) | 3,883 | 31.92% | ||||||||||||
| Ng Choon Koon (IND) | 850 | 6.98% | ||||||||||||
| Azmi Kamis (IND) | 130 | 1.07% | ||||||||||||