DAP Socialist Youth leader Teng Chang Khim today failed to get elected into the movement's national executive council. This means he has been ruled out for election to the youth wing's top post.

When the results of the election for the Dapsy executive council were announced this evening, Teng only managed to garner 56 votes from a total of 121 delegates. Thirty five vied for the 20 council seats up for grabs. Teng did not make it into the first 20.

"I have to accept the results. I expect changes in Dapsy but I did not expect to lose in this manner", Teng told reporters soon after the votes were counted.

Describing the results as unusual, Teng likened it to "a contest between myself and leaders of the party's central executive committee".

No infighting

While he did not question the impropriety of the electoral process today, Teng said it (the election) seemed to be just what the CEC leaders had planned.

The Bandar Klang state assembly representative also assured that he would not be involved in any infighting within Dapsy after the election today.

This is all part of the democratic process and that has to be accepted, he added.

With Teng's departure, newcomer Nga Kor Ming, the state assemblyperson for Pantai Remis in Perak is expected to become the new Dapsy leader.