<page_title> Koay Teng Hai </page_title> <section_title> Election results </section_title> <table> <cell> 2004 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> N33 Air Itam <col_header> Constituency </col_header> </cell> <cell> Koay Teng Hai (DAP) <col_header>  </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4,401 <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> Cheang Chee Gooi (Gerakan) <col_header> Opponent(s) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2,824 <col_header> Majority </col_header> </cell> </table>
During the 2004 election, Koay Teng Hai was nominated as the candidate for Air Itam constituency by the DAP, but he lost the election by 2,824 votes to a candidate from Gerakan (Gerakan).