Allex Seah Shoo Chin

{{Short description|Malaysian politician, data analyst and engineer}} {{family name hatnote|Seah (谢)|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan | name = Allex Seah Shoo Chin | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MLA (Malacca)}} | native_name = {{nobold|谢守钦}} | native_name_lang = zh-my | image = | caption = | office = Member of the Malacca State Executive Council {{small|(Entrepreneur Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs)}} | term_start = 5 April 2023 | term_end = | governor = Mohd Ali Rustam | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Ab Rauf Yusoh | deputy = Tuminah Kadi | predecessor = Ab Rauf Yusoh {{small|(Senior Member, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives)}} Ngwe Hee Sem {{small|(Consumer Affairs)}} | successor = | constituency = Kesidang | constituency_AM1 = Kesidang | term_start1 = 9 May 2018 | term_end1 = | assembly1 = Malacca State Legislative | predecessor1 = Chin Choong Seong (PR–DAP) | successor1 = | majority1 = 14,612 (2018) 10,237 (2021) | office2 = State Secretary of the Democratic Action Party of Malacca | term_start2 = 24 January 2022 | term_end2 = | 1blankname2 = Secretary-General | 1namedata2 = Lim Guan Eng {{small|(2022)}} Anthony Loke Siew Fook {{small|(since 2022)}} | 2blankname2 = State Chairman | 2namedata2 = Damian Yeo Shen Li {{small|(2022–2023)}} Tey Kok Kiew {{small|(2023–2024)}} Khoo Poay Tiong {{small|(since 2024)}} | 3blankname2 = Assistant | 3namedata2 = Lim Kwok Thuan {{small|(2022–2024)}} Teng Wen Jie {{small|(since 2024)}} | predecessor2 = Damian Yeo Shen Li | successor2 = | office3 = Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly | subterm3 = 2018– | suboffice3 = Pakatan Harapan | birth_name = Allex Seah Shoo Chin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|05|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Malacca, Malaysia | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = Malaysian | party = Democratic Action Party (DAP) | other_party = Pakatan Harapan (PH) | relations = | occupation = Politician | profession = {{hlist|Data analyst|engineer}} | education = | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = 3 (2 sons & 1 daughter) | website = | footnotes = {{facebook|allexseah}} }} {{Infobox person | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|hide=yes | t = 謝守欽 | s = 谢守钦 | poj = | tl = | j = | phfs = | p = Xiè Shǒuqīn}} }}

'''Allex Seah Shoo Chin''' ({{lang-zh|t=謝守欽|s=谢守钦|p=Xiè Shǒuqīn}}; born 21 May 1983)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/allexseah_bm/status/1527834144201658369?t=veeOTpKajhFkl4Kq7x2FiQ&s=19|title=Birthday tweet of Allex Seah Shoo Chin|website=Twitter|date=21 May 2022|accessdate=8 April 2023}}</ref> is a Malaysian politician, data analyst and engineer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pru.sinarharian.com.my/calon/5912/seah-shoo-chin|title=Seah Shoo Chin|website=Sinar Harian|accessdate=8 April 2023|language=ms}}</ref> who has served as Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh since April 2023 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kesidang since May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has served as State Secretary of the DAP of Malacca since January 2022. He is presently the sole Melaka EXCO Member of PH and DAP.

== Political career == ===Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (since 2018)=== In the 2018 Malacca state election, Seah was nominated by his party DAP to contest for the Kesidang state seat. He defeated another candidate and Goh Leong San who contested as an independent candidate and was previously a DAP member before the election. He was elected to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly as the Kesidang MLA for the first term.

In the 2021 Melaka state election, Seah was renominated to defend the Kesidang state seat. He again defeated other candidates of BN and Perikatan Nasional (PN) and reelected as the Kesidang NLA for the second term.

===State Secretary of Democratic Action Party of Melaka (since 2022)=== On 24 January 2022, Seah was appointed as State Secretary of DAP of Melaka, taking over from Damian Yeo Shen Li who was earlier named as the State Chairman to replace Tey Kok Kiew, who resigned from the position to assume responsibility for the defeat of the party in the 2021 Melaka state election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dapmalaysia.org/parti/pimpinan/jawatankuasa-negeri/melaka/|title=Jawatankuasa Negeri Melaka 2021-2024|website=DAP|date=25 January 2022|accessdate=5 April 2023}}</ref> During the Melaka DAP State Convention on 24 November 2024, Seah was reappointed as the State Secretary.

===Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (since 2023)=== On 5 April 2023, Seah was appointed as Member of the Melaka State EXCO in charge of Entrepreneur Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs by Chief Minister Ab Rauf. His appointment also formed a state coalition government between BN and PH as he as the only PH MLA and 9 BN MLAs formed the Ab Rauf EXCO lineup. On 19 April 2023, he praised the hypermarkets and supermarkets in Melaka who took the ''Menu Rahmah'' initiative to offer cheaper and more affordable prices of essential items that led consumers to lower expenditure. He also assured that the supply of the essential items was enough throughout the Hari Raya festive season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/04/19/melaka-exco-rep-lauds-hypermarkets-supermarkets-that-voluntarily-lower-prices-of-essentials|title=Melaka exco rep lauds hypermarkets, supermarkets that voluntarily lower prices of essentials|website=The Star|date=19 April 2023|accessdate=20 April 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life== Seah is married. Seah and his wife have three children who are two sons and a daughter.

== Election results == {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+Malacca State Legislative Assembly<ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web |title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14 |url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/ |accessdate=17 May 2018 |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=Malay |archive-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913134822/https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/ |url-status=dead }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite news |title=The Star Online GE14 |newspaper=The Star |url=https://election.thestar.com.my/malacca.html?s=N16 |accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref> !Year !Constituency ! colspan="2" |Candidate !Votes !Pct ! colspan="2" |Opponent(s) !Votes !Pct !Ballots cast !Majority !Turnout |- | rowspan="2" |2018 | rowspan="4" |'''N19 Kesidang''' | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} | | rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|'''Allex Seah Shoo Chin'''}} ('''DAP''') | rowspan="2" align="right" |'''22,880''' | rowspan="2" |'''72.64%''' | {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Ng Choon Koon (MCA) | align="right" |8,268 |26.25% | rowspan="2" |31,497 | rowspan="2" |14,612 | rowspan="2" |85.58% |- | {{Party shading/Independent}} | |Goh Leong San (IND) | align="right" |349 | align=right|1.11% |- | rowspan="2" |2021 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/PH}} | | rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|'''Allex Seah Shoo Chin'''}} ('''DAP''') | rowspan="2" align="right" |'''14,769''' | rowspan="2" |'''65.86%''' | {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Leong Hui Ying (MCA) | align="right" |4,532 |20.21% | rowspan="2" |22,425 | rowspan="2" |10,237 | rowspan="2" |61.08% |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}" | |Patrick Ng Chin Kae (Gerakan) | align="right" |3,124 |13.93% |}

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