Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Buntong | |
| In office 8 March 2008 –19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Yik Phooi Hong (BN–MCA) |
| Succeeded by | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran (PH–DAP) |
| Majority | 2,382 (2008) 8,629 (2013) 15,323 (2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sivasubramaniam a/l Athinarayanan 28 November 1966 Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Nationality | Malaysia |
| Political party | Democratic Action Party (DAP) (–2020) Independent (March–June 2020) Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN) (2020–2021) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2021–January 2022 &since September 2022) Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) (January–September 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2021–January 2022 &since September 2022) |
| Alma mater | Open University Malaysia (BBA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sivasubramaniam a/l Athinarayanan,also known as A. Sivasubramaniam (born 28 November 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Buntong from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU),a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM),Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN),another component party of the PN coalition and Democratic Action Party (DAP),a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition as well as an independent. During his tenure as the Buntong MLA,he was involved in multiple political defections and party switchings.
He graduated from the Open University Malaysia with the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). [1]
In March 2020,Sivasubramaniam,along with Tronoh MLA Paul Yong Choo Kiong,were removed from the DAP. This occurred after they defected from the party to support the opposing PN coalition,subsequently becoming independent assemblymen. [2]
Following his removal,Sivasubramaniam joined and left several political parties in quick succession:
In the 2022 Perak state election,Sivasubramaniam was nominated by PN to defend the Buntong state seat. He suffered a landslide defeat at the hands of Thulsi Thivani Manogaran from PH,and lost his election deposit.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N30 Buntong | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 6,082 | 41.81% | Yik Phooi Hong (MCA) | 8,464 | 58.19% | 14,836 | 2,382 | 64.96% | ||
| 2008 | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 10,311 | 66.24% | Lee Tung Lai (MCA) | 4,996 | 32.10% | 15,566 | 5,315 | 70.98% | |||
| 2013 | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 13,062 | 71.79% | Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC) | 4,433 | 24.36% | 18,195 | 8,629 | 79.64% | |||
| Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND) | 312 | 1.43% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Basri Shafie (IND) | 127 | 0.70% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) | 18,005 | 80.89% | Thangarani Thiagarajan (MIC) | 2,682 | 12.05% | 21,500 | 15,323 | 79.80% | |||
| Mohanarani Rasiah (PSM) | 813 | 3.65% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU) | 1,437 | 5.64% | Thulsi Thivani Manogaran (DAP) | 21,412 | 84.02% | 25,483 | 19,155 | 70.33% | |||
| Jayagopi Subramaniam (MIC) | 2,257 | 8.86% | ||||||||||
| Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND) | 237 | 0.93% | ||||||||||
| Muhammad Faiz Abdullah (IND) | 140 | 0.55% | ||||||||||