Asojan Muniyandy | |
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அசோஜன் முனியாண்டி | |
Vice-President of the Malaysian Indian Congress | |
Assumed office 27 November 2021 Servingwith Murugiah Thopasamy Nelson Renganathan (since 2024) Vell Paari Samy Vellu (since 2024) Ramasamy Muthusamy (since 2024) | |
President | Vigneswaran Sanasee |
Deputy President | Saravanan Murugan |
Preceded by | Sivarraajh Chandran |
Secretary-General of the Malaysian Indian Congress | |
In office 20 October 2018 –27 November 2021 | |
Preceded by | A. Sakthivel |
State Chairman of the MIC Liaison Body of Johor | |
Assumed office 22 November 2016 | |
Preceded by | S. Balakhrishnan |
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Gambir | |
In office 21 March 2004 –9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | new constituency |
Succeeded by | Muhyiddin Yassin (PH–BERSATU) |
Majority | 6,109 (2004) 2,463 (2008) 310 (2013) |
Personal details | |
Born | Asojan a/l Muniyandy 20 December 1965 Malacca,Malaysia |
Political party | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
Spouse | M. Manimala |
Residence | Tangkak |
Occupation | Politician |
Asojan s/o Muniyandy is a Malaysian politician who served as vice-president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) since November 2021 as well as State Chairman of the MIC Liaison Body of Johor since November 2016. He also served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gambir from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a member of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC),a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions. [1]
Asojan Muniyandy was elected as Gambir assemblyman from March 2004 to May 2018.
At party level,he was elected as vice-president of the MIC on 27 November 2021. [2] He was reelected in 2024. [3]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2004 | N09 Gambir | Asojan Muniyandy (MIC) | 9,690 | 73.02% | Aripin Dahalan (PAS) | 3,581 | 26.98% | 13,656 | 6,109 | 73.83% | ||
2008 | Asojan Muniyandy (MIC) | 8,190 | 58.85% | Kassim Ibrahim (PAS) | 5,727 | 41.15% | 14,434 | 2,463 | 77.09% | |||
2013 | Asojan Muniyandy (MIC) | 8,705 | 47.83% | Mahfodz Mohamed (PAS) | 8,395 | 46.13% | 18,690 | 310 | 87.41% | |||
Mohd Zan Abu (IND) | 837 | 4.60% | ||||||||||
Yunus Mustakim (IND) | 261 | 1.43% | ||||||||||
2018 | Asojan Muniyandy (MIC) | 7,192 | 37.31% | Muhyiddin Yassin (BERSATU) | 10,280 | 53.33% | 19,278 | 3,088 | 84.83% | |||
Mahfodz Mohamed (PAS) | 1,806 | 5.63% |