Michael Teo Yu Keng

Michael Teo Yu Keng is a Malaysian politician and gynaecologist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Miri from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He also served as the Vice President of PKR from June 2020 to July 2022. He is also a practicing gynaecologist at Teo's Clinic and Maternity Centre.

Political career Teo entered the political arena as one of the pioneering members of PKR's Sarawak branch in 1999.

In March 2008, Teo contested in the 2008 Malaysian general election, making his first attempt for the newly created parliamentary seat of Sibuti. He was unsuccessful in his campaign against Ahmad Lai Bujang from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB).

A decade after first contesting for the Senadin state seat, Teo entered the 2011 Sarawak state election as a candidate for the same seat, once again running against SUPP's three-term incumbent, Lee. Teo again lost out to Lee, but with a razor thin majority of just 58 votes.

Teo registered to contest for the Miri parliamentary seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election on April 20, 2013. Teo defeated SUPP's secretary-general, Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew, in a three-corner fight to become a first-time MP.

Teo was announced as PKR's and the Alliance of Hope's (PH) candidate to defend the Miri parliamentary seat in the 2018 Malaysian general election on April 14, 2018. Despite Miri being one of the targeted seats for SUPP to re-capture, Teo emphatically retained his seat with an increased majority. Later in July 2018, Teo was re-elected unopposed as chairperson of PKR's Miri branch.

In March 2020, Teo ran unsuccessfully for the chairman-ship of PKR's Sarawak state liaison committee. The new chairperson, Julau MP, Larry Sng Wei Shien, appointed Teo as one of three vice-chairmen instead. In June 2020, Teo was appointed by Port Dickson MP and PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as a PKR vice-president (representing Sabah and Sarawak) to replace Lubok Antu MP Jugah Muyang (who himself was appointed to replace another defector, Saratok MP Ali Biju) who defected from the party during the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.

Election results + Parliament of Malaysia YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2008 P218 Sibuti Michael Teo Yu Keng (PKR)4,590 35.78% (PBB)8,238 64.22% 13,030 3,648 58.84%2013P219 Miri (PKR)26,90951.62% Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (SUPP)24,917 47.80%52,1321,99274.21% Chong Kon Fatt (STAR)3060.59% 2018 (PKR)35,73961.82% Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew (SUPP)22,07638.18%58,43913,66372.70%

+ Sarawak State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2001 N65 Senadin (keADILan)3,90522.96% (SUPP)13,10477.04%17,4909,19962.17% 2011 Michael Teo Yu Keng (PKR)7,27649.80% (SUPP)7,33450.20% 14,816 58 66.05%