Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer s/o Rajaji Rayer(Tamil:ஆர். எஸ். என். ராயர்) (born 11 June 1971) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jelutong since May 2018. He served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Seri Delima from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP),a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Penang Hindu Endowments Board. As the Jelutong MP,he is known of his involvement in heated arguments and exchanges with the opposing MPs during the meetings in Parliament. [1]
Rayer's political career began in 1988 after a short stint working for Karpal Singh for his general election campaign. Subsequently,he joined Democratic Action Party (DAP) and went on to contest and be elected twice as the state assemblyman for Seri Delima in 2008 and 2013 general elections. [2] In the 2018 general election,Rayer contested the Jelutong parliamentary seat and was elected as a member of parliament.
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2008 | N32 Seri Delima | Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer (DAP) | 8,402 | 57.20% | Loh Nam Hooi (MCA) | 6,274 | 42.80% | 14,915 | 2,128 | 72.70% | ||
2013 | Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer (DAP) | 14,478 | 73.60% | Low Joo Hiap (MCA) | 5,201 | 26.40% | 19,944 | 9,277 | 83.70% |
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2018 | P050 Jelutong | Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer (DAP) | 50,700 | 79.63% | Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh (Gerakan) | 12,529 | 19.67% | 64,584 | 38,171 | 83.90% | ||
Tan Sim Bee (MUP) | 437 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
2022 | Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer (DAP) | 50,369 | 71.24% | Baljit Singh Jigiri Singh (Gerakan) | 11,765 | 16.64% | 70,707 | 38,604 | 75,23% | |||
Loganathan Thoraisamy (IPF) | 7,387 | 10.45% | ||||||||||
Yaccab Noor (IND) | 580 | 0.68% | ||||||||||
Lim Huat Poh (WARISAN) | 442 | 0.63% | ||||||||||
Koh Swe Yong (PRM) | 264 | 0.37% |