Liberal Democratic Party (Malaysia)
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Liberal Democratic Party
Parti Liberal Demokratik 自由民主黨 自由民主党 |
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| Abbreviation | LDP |
| President | Teo Chee Kang |
| Secretary-General | Yong Wui Chung |
| Deputy President | Chin Su Phin |
| Youth Movement Leader | Tsang Hieng Yee |
| Women Movement Leader | Shim Nyat Yun |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | P.O.Box 16033, 88866 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
| Youth wing | Youth Movement |
| Women's wing | Women Movement |
| National affiliation | Barisan Nasional (1991–present) |
| Colours | Orange, black, red |
| Dewan Negara: |
1 / 70
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| Dewan Rakyat: |
0 / 222
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| Sabah State Legislative Assembly: |
3 / 60
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| Website | |
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The Liberal Democratic Party (Malay: Parti Liberal Demokratik) (simplified Chinese: 自由民主党; traditional Chinese: 自由民主黨) is a Chinese political party founded in the town of Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia by Hiew Min Kong in 1989.
The party is considered a minor political party in Malaysia, having its base mainly in Sabah. It is allocated one parliamentary seat under the Barisan Nasional political alliance, the Sandakan seat. The seat which was won by the party's then president, Liew Vui Keong in the 2008 General Elections was lost in the 2013 General Elections to a candidate from the Democratic Action Party. As a result, the party is currently not represented in parliament.
The Liberal Democratic Party was formed in 1989 during the era when Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), then a federal opposition party, was the state government of Sabah. The formation of LDP then was seen more as "a storm in a teacup" as the existence of Berjaya, USNO and the Sabah Chinese Party (SCP) had posed a larger challenge to the mighty PBS then as LDP was a small party.
LDP contested the 1990 Sabah State Election and fielded 14 candidates but lost all the seats it contested. PBS won 44 seats out of the 48 State Constituencies it contested in the election.
Despite LDP's defeat in the 1990 State Election, in 1991, LDP was admitted into the fold of Barisan Nasional as its first Chinese-based political party in Sabah.Chong Kah Kiat became the president then and had since replaced Protem President Hiew Ming Kong as the President of LDP. As the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) was introduced into Sabah to fight PBS, other Barisan Nasional political parties in Sabah who had contested in the 1990 State Election like BERJAYA and USNO were forced to disband and disappeared from the political scene altogether.
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