{{short description|Malaysian politician}} {{family name hatnote|Sim (沈)|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan | name = Sim Chon Siang | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MLA (Pahang)}} | native_name = {{nobold|沈春祥}} | image = | image_size = | height = | caption = | office4 = Member of the <br> Pahang State Executive Council | term_start4 = 2 December 2022 | term_end4 = | monarch4 = Abdullah | 1blankname4 = Menteri Besar | 1namedata4 = Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail | 2blankname4 = Portfolio | 2namedata4 = Consumer Affairs and Human Resources<ref group=note>Assumed portfolios 12 days after taking office.</ref> | predecessor4 = Nazri Ngah <br> {{small|(Consumer Affairs)}} <br> Mohd Johari Hussain <br> {{small|(Human Resources)}} | successor4 = | constituency4 = Teruntum | constituency_AM5 = Teruntum | assembly5 = Pahang State Legislative | term_start5 = 5 May 2013 | term_end5 = | predecessor5 = Chang Hong Seong <br> (BN–MCA) | successor5 = | majority5 = 4,437 (2013) <br> 7,725 (2018) <br> 8,659 (2022) | office7 = Kuantan PKR Branch Deputy Chief | term_start7 = 2022 | term_end7 = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Johor | death_date = | death_place = | party = People's Justice Party (PKR) | other_party = Pakatan Harapan (PH) | occupation = Politician | relations = | spouse = | children = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Sim Chon Siang''' is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail since December 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Teruntum since May 2013. He is a member, State Vice Chairman and Deputy Branch Chief of Kuantan of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://keadilanrakyat.org/anggota/sim-chon-siang/|title=Saudara Sim Chon Siang|website=keadilanrakyat.org}}</ref> He is one of the only two Pahang EXCO Members of PH and Chinese ethnicity alongside Triang MLA Leong Yu Man.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pru.sinarharian.com.my/calon/3409/SIM-CHON-SIANG|title=Calon PRU Sim Chon Siang|website=pru.sinarharian.com.my}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pahang.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/1025|title=Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan|website=www.pahang.gov.my}}</ref>
== Political career == === Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (since 2022) === The 2022 Pahang state election elected a hung Pahang State Legislative Assembly for the first time in the history of the state. Jelai MLA Wan Rosdy of BN was reappointed as the Menteri Besar after BN and PH formed a coalition state government on 28 November 2022. On 2 December 2022, Sim was appointed as Pahang EXCO Member by Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy. 12 days later on 14 December 2022, Sim assumed the portfolios of Consumer Affairs and Human Resources, taking over the former two portfolios from former Pulau Tawar MLA Nazri Ngah and the latter one portfolio from former Tioman MLA Mohd Johari Hussain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2022/12/1039241/portfolio-exco-pahang-diumum|title=Portfolio EXCO Pahang diumum|date=14 December 2022|website=www.bharian.com.my}}</ref>
=== Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (since 2013) === ==== 2013 Pahang state election ==== In the 2013 Pahang state election, Sim made his electoral debut after being nominated by PR to contest for the Teruntum state seat. Sim is contesting against Chang Hong Seong of Barisan Nasional. He won the seat by gaining 12,385 votes with the majority of 4,437.
==== 2018 Pahang state election ==== In the 2018 Pahang state election, Sim was renominated by PH to contest for the Teruntum state seat. Sim is contesting against Tee Choon Ser of Barisan Nasional and Azizah Mohd Ali of Malaysian Islamic Party. He successfully defend the seat by gaining 12,227 votes with the majority of 7,725.
==== 2022 Pahang state election ==== In the 2022 Pahang state election, Sim was renominated by PH to contest for the Teruntum state seat. Sim is contesting against Tee Choon Ser of Barisan Nasional, Yap Kim Heng of Perikatan Nasional and Khairul Afifie Abdullah of Homeland Fighter's Party. He successfully defend the seat by gaining 12,983 votes with the majority of 8,659.
== Election results == {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ Pahang State Legislative Assembly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-date=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501124349/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php}}</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/ge14/pahang.html|title=The Star Online GE14 Pahang|work=The Star}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE15">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/pahang.html|title=The Star Online GE15 Pahang|work=The Star|access-date=10 July 2022}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref> !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |- |2013 | rowspan=6|'''N14 Teruntum''' |{{party shading/Keadilan}} | |{{nowrap|'''Sim Chon Siang'''}} ('''PKR''') | align=right|'''12,385''' |'''60.91%''' |{{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Chang Hong Seong (MCA) | align=right|7,948 |39.09% |20,650 |4,437 |82.07% |- | rowspan=2|2018 | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Keadilan}} | | rowspan=2|'''Sim Chon Siang''' ('''PKR''') | rowspan=2 align=right|'''12,227''' | rowspan=2|'''61.85%''' |{{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Tee Choon Ser (MCA) | align=right|4,502 |22.77% | rowspan=2|20,207 | rowspan=2|7,725 | rowspan=2|81.66% |- |{{party shading/PAS}} | |Azizah Mohd Ali (PAS) | align=right|3,039 |15.37% |- | rowspan=3|2022 | rowspan=3 {{party shading/PH}} | | rowspan=3|'''Sim Chon Siang''' ('''PKR''') | rowspan=3 align=right|'''12,983''' | rowspan=3|'''58.63%''' |{{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |Tee Choon Ser (MCA) | align=right|4,304 |19.44% | rowspan=3|22,377 | rowspan=3|8,659 | rowspan=3|72.53% |- |bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} | |Yap Kim Heng (Gerakan) | align=right|3,676 |16.60% |- |bgcolor={{party color|Homeland Fighter's Party}} | |Khairul Afifie Abdullah (PEJUANG) | align=right|1,180 | align=right|5.33% |}
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