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The Malaysian Chinese Association (abbrev: MCA; Malay: Persatuan Cina Malaysia), formerly known as the Malayan Chinese Association, is an ethnic political party in Malaysia that seeks to represent the Malaysian Chinese ethnicity; it was one of the three original major component parties of the coalition party in Malaysia called the Alliance Party, which later became a broader coalition called ...
Barisan Nasional (BN), the second largest coalition in the unity government, saw only UMNO members taking part, with the other two main component parties, MCA and MIC sat out the elections. [8] Among the parties in the unity government not participating in the state elections include the Sabah-based WARISAN [9] and PBM. [10]
A leadership election was held by the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) on 4 November 2018. [ 2 ] Both Wee Ka Siong and his running mate Mah Hang Soon won the presidency and deputy presidency respectively.
SAPP will contest the election under GRS, the local coalition which it is a component in parallel with PN since 2020. This is the first time PN contesting the election under its own banner, although its component party Sabah BERSATU have contested and won seats before, under PH (PKR) and GRS in the 2018 and 2020 state elections respectively ...
Election: 1986 general election: Government: Third Mahathir cabinet: Website: www.parlimen.gov.my: Dewan Rakyat; Members: 177: Speaker: Mohamed Zahir Ismail: Deputy Speaker: D. P. Vijandran (until 23 February 1990) Mohamed Amin Daud Ong Tee Keat: Secretary: Azizul Rahman Abdul Aziz (until 1988) Wan Zahir Sheikh Abdul Rahman: Prime Minister ...
However he was chosen by DAP to contest the Kota Melaka parliamentary seat in the 2008 general election but he won by beating predecessor Wong Nai Chee of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) with a majority 11,390 vote and retained it again in the 2013 general election by beating Yee Kok Wah of MCA with a majority 20,746 vote.
The parliamentary election deposit was set at RM10,000 per candidate. Similar to previous elections, the election deposit will be forfeited if the particular candidate had failed to secure at least 12.5% or one-eighth of the votes.
As with the 2008 election, BN's other component parties, namely Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan), the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), failed to win any seat, leaving UMNO, which won the remaining 10 seats in the Penang State Legislative Assembly, as the state opposition once again.