Member of Parliament (2018–2022) 2018 general election Wong for the first time was fielded in the
2013 general election as DAP candidate to contest the Bentong parliamentary seat and has come close to defeat the incumbent,
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president
Liow Tiong Lai, losing by a total 379 votes. In the
2018 general election he recontested again and turned the table to defeat Liow for the Bentong parliamentary seat with a 2,032 majority.
2022 general election On 26 October 2022, DAP announced that Wong had been dropped by the party to contest for the Bentong seat in the
2022 general election. Instead, DAP decided to field its Deputy Youth Chief and Member of the
Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for
Ketari Young Syefura Othman to contest for the seat. DAP Secretary-General
Anthony Loke justified that Young Syefura was the most winnable candidate. Loke also revealed that Wong had been offered to contest for the
Cameron Highlands seat, Wong however had rejected it and Loke expressed his respect towards his rejection. In strong response, Wong broke ranks with the party and announced that he would seek reelection as the Bentong MP by contesting for the Bentong seat as an
independent candidate for the very first time, which was against the party rules and discipline as well as facing the risks of costing him the party membership. He stressed that Bentong was his hometown and there was no need for him to move away from Bentong as well as taking swipe at the party for its internal politicking and power struggles, he also distanced himself and his people from them, noting that the people have the rights to decide their own paths and destiny. Furthermore, he slammed the party for reneging on an understanding between them on allowing him to carry on championing green issues after spearheading the "Himpunan Hijau" (green gathering) movement in the
2013 general election. In addition, he praised his own track record serving as the Bentong MP from 2018 to 2022 for 4 years and renewing his strong commitment to serve Bentong and its people. Former Bentong MP Liow criticised DAP for dropping Wong, who he said had underperformed as the Bentong MP and likening this to stealing the chance of the Bentong voters to punish Wong by not voting for him, he also described DAP as opportunistic given its decision to drop underperformed incumbents as candidates for reelection to garner more votes. On 5 November 2022, as shown and proved by his previous response, he nominated himself as the independent candidate to contest for the Bentong seat in the election. He also added that following this, he was no longer a DAP member. He also criticised "party politics", citing that party members have to listen to the instructions of party leaders, but he only believes in "people's politics" and would only listen to the instructions of the people. He also revealed that he was using the symbol of hoe on the ballot papers and likening it as "using the hoe to open the ground, plant the seeds of hope" and hoping for the support of the people. In addition, he rendered his support to
Leader of the Opposition, Chairman of the
Pakatan Harapan (PH) and President of the
People's Justice Party (PKR)
Anwar Ibrahim as the prime minister candidate. In the election, Wong was not reelected as the Bentong MP for a second term after losing to Young Syefura of PH by a minority of 24,277 votes. ==Election results==