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Kesavan Subramaniam

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Use Malaysian English|date=July 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Indian name|Kesavan|Subramaniam|note=on}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific_prefix= Yang Berhormat Tuan

|name = Kesavan Subramaniam

|honorific_suffix= {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MP}}

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| constituency_MP = Sungai Siput

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 9 May 2018

| term_end =

| majority = 5,607 (2018)
1,846 (2022)

| predecessor = Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj
(PR–PKR)

| successor =

| constituency_AM1 = Hutan Melintang

| assembly1 = Perak State Legislative

| term_start1 = 8 March 2008

| term_end1 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor1 = Rajoo Govindasamy
(BN–MIC)

| successor1 = Khairuddin Tarmizi
(BN–UMNO)

| majority1 = 1,721 (2008)
1,240 (2013)

| office2 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm2 = 2018–

| suboffice2 = Pakatan Harapan

| office3 = Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly

| subterm3 = 2008–2018

| suboffice3 = People's Justice Party

| birth_name=Kesavan s/o Subramaniam

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}

| birth_place = Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia

| residence =

| death_date =

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| citizenship = Malaysian

| party= People's Justice Party (PKR)

| otherparty = Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

| occupation = Politician

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| website = {{facebook|ybkesavan}}

| footnotes = {{pom|3585}}

|native_name={{nobold|கேசவன் சுப்ரமணியம்}}

|native_name_lang=Tamil

}}

Kesavan s/o Subramaniam ({{langx|ta|கேசவன் சுப்ரமணியம்|Kēcavaṉ cupramaṇiyam}}) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Siput since May 2018. He served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hutan Melintang from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.{{Cite news |url= https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2018/07/454312/kekanda-adinda-di-dewan-rakyat |title=Kekanda Adinda di Dewan Rakyat|last= Idris|first= Rohaniza |date=26 July 2018|website=Berita Harian|access-date=5 December 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ismaweb.net/2018/05/10/rasmi-p-062-sungai-siput-perak-s-kesavan-pkr-menang/|title=RASMI {{!}} P.062 Sungai Siput (Perak): S. Kesavan (PKR) menang - Portal Islam dan Melayu {{!}} ISMAWeb|date=2018-05-10|work=Portal Islam dan Melayu {{!}} ISMAWeb|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=http://www.astroulagam.com.my/lifestyle/article/63922/yb-s-kesavan-at-vizhuthugal|title=YB S. Kesavan @ Vizhuthugal |date=6 June 2018 |work=Kuasa |publisher= Astro Ulagam |access-date=14 June 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2010/11/30/hutan-melintang-rep-ejected-from-perak-state-assembly/ |title=Hutan Melintang rep ejected from Perak state assembly |date=30 Nov 2010 |author= Sylvia Looi|work=The Star |access-date=14 June 2018}}

Controversy

In May 2019, Kesavan was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who claimed to be his former aide in a police report she had lodged.{{Cite news |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/05/17/former-aide-accuses-pkr-mp-of-sexual-harassment/|title=Former aide accuses PKR MP of sexual harassment|date=17 May 2019|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|access-date=14 July 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/18/sg-siput-mp-denies-sexual-harassment-allegations/|title=Sg Siput MP denies sexual harassment allegations|date=18 May 2019|author= Martin Carvalho|work=The Star |access-date=14 July 2019}} However, Kesavan had denied the accusation and her allegation of being his former assistant.{{cite news |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/489568/sungai-siput-mp-denies-sexual-harassment-allegation|title=Sungai Siput MP denies sexual harassment allegation|date=18 May 2019|author= Emily Jessinta|work=New Straits Times |access-date=14 July 2019}} Kesavan had counter filed a police report against the woman and claimed she had taken advantage of himself and had tried to disrupt his family instead.{{cite news |url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/05/18/amid-brewing-controversy-sungai-siput-mp-denies-sexually-harassing-woman/1754184|title=Amid brewing controversy, Sungai Siput MP denies sexually harassing woman|date=18 May 2019|author=JERRY CHOONG|work=The Malay Mail |access-date=14 July 2019}} On 16 July, Indrani Ramasamy who was the alleged PKR Sungai Siput treasurer and parliamentary research officer, filed a defamation suit against Kesavan.{{cite news |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/07/505891/former-officer-files-defamation-suit-against-sungai-siput-mp|title=Former officer files defamation suit against Sungai Siput MP|date=20 July 2019|author= Arfa Yunus, Teh Athira Yusof|work=New Straits Times |access-date=21 July 2019}}

Election results

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|+ Perak State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=11 July 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{Cite web

| title = Malaysia General Election

| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data

| publisher = Malaysiakini

| url = http://undi.info/#

| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the 2004 election.{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=5 May 2013|archive-date=14 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314141057/http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|url-status=dead}} Results only available for the 2013 election.{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=31 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=Utusan Malaysia|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321134049/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913134822/https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|url-status=dead}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2008

| rowspan=4|N54 Hutan Melintang

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|{{nowrap|Kesavan Subramaniam}} (PKR)

| align=right|7,804

|53.61%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Thangasvari Suppiah (MIC)

| align=right|6,083

|46.39%

|14,556

|1,721

|70.12%

rowspan="3" |2013

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| rowspan="3" |Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)

| rowspan="3" align=right|10,155

| rowspan="3" |51.19%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Supramaniam Ramalingam (MIC)

| align=right|8,915

| 44.94%

| rowspan="3" |20,472

| rowspan="3" |1,240

| rowspan="3" |83.09%

{{Party shading/green}} |

|Azahari Abdullah (BERJASA)

| align=right|353

| align=right|1.78%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Mat Sidi Hashim (IND)

| align=right|413

| align=right|2.08%

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="3" |2018

| rowspan="9" |P062 Sungai Siput

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| rowspan="3" |{{nowrap|Kesavan Subramaniam}} (PKR)

| rowspan="3" align=right|20,817

| rowspan="3" |48.72%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Devamany Krishnasamy (MIC)

| align=right|15,210

|35.60%

| rowspan="3" |42,726

| rowspan="3" |5,607

| rowspan="3" |77.68%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Ishak Ibrahim (PAS)

| align=right|5,194

|13.84%

bgcolor={{Party color|Socialist Party of Malaysia}} |

|Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PSM)

| align=right|1,505

| align=right|3.52%

rowspan=6|2022

|rowspan=6 {{Party shading/PH}} |

|rowspan=6|Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)

|rowspan=6 align="right" |21,637

|rowspan=6|41.89%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Vigneswaran Sanasee (MIC)

|align="right" |19,791

|38.32%

|rowspan=6|51,802

|rowspan=6|1,846

|rowspan=6|71.34%

bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} |

|Irudhanathan Gabriel (BERSATU)

|align="right" |8,190

|15.86%

bgcolor={{party color|Homeland Fighter's Party}} |

|Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Jaafar (PEJUANG)

|align="right" |784

| align=right|1.52%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|R.Indrani (IND)

|align="right" |767

| align=right|1.19%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Baharudin Kamarudin (IND)

|align="right" |598

| align=right|1.16%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Rajah Narasaim (IND)

|align="right" |35

| align=right|0.07%

Honours

References

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External links

  • {{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SURUHANJAYA PILIHAN RAYA MALAYSIA (SPR) - SEMAKAN CALON PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE 14|website=Keputusan.spr.gov.my|access-date=7 June 2018|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913134822/https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|url-status=dead}}

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