Manivannan Gowindasamy

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Manivannan Gowindasamy

| honorific-suffix =

| native_name = {{nobold|மணிவண்ணன் கோவிந்தசாமி}}

| native_name_lang = Tamil

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| office = Deputy Chairman of the
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

| term_start = 19 February 2024

| term_end =

| minister = Steven Sim Chee Keong

| predecessor = Wilson Ugak Kumbong

| successor =

| office1 = Political Secretary of the Office of the President of the People's Justice Party

| term_start1 = 8 April 2024

| term_end1 =

| alongside1 = Onn Abu Bakar & Sim Tze Tzin & Juwairiya Zulkifli

| president1 = Anwar Ibrahim

| 1blankname1 = Senior Political Secretary and Coordinator

| 1namedata1 = Romli Ishak

| predecessor1 = Position established

| successor1 =

| constituency_MP2 = Kapar

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| term_start2 = 5 May 2013

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| predecessor2 = Manikavasagam Sundram
(PR–PKR)

| successor2 = Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid
(PH–PKR)

| majority2 = 23,790 (2013)

| birth_name = Manivannan s/o Gowindasamy

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}

| birth_place = Malaysia

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| citizenship = Malaysian

| nationality = Malaysia

| party = People's Justice Party (PKR)

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| occupation = Politician

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Manivannan s/o Gowindasamy ({{langx|ta|கோ. மணிவண்ணன்|Ko. Maṇivaṇṇaṉ}}; born 1976) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Chairman of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) since February 2024 and Political Secretary of the Office of the President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) since April 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/KeadilanRakyat/posts/pfbid02AZkb5Y9Uf8inXoi6skeQHrhCYoQfxYd2pD3Cu1BVj3FNsakrsRKKbiKL27bDRVwAl|title=Kenyataan Media 8 April 2024 Pejabat Presiden|website=Facebook|date=9 April 2024|accessdate=14 February 2025|language=ms}} He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapar from May 2013 to May 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?uweb=dr&id=3174|title=You are being redirected...|website=Parlimen.gov.my|access-date=2 September 2017}} He is a member of PKR, a component party in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.

On 28 Nov 2017 Manivannan resigned as PKR's secretary whip after his error on the omission of an opposition vote during a tabulation of bloc vote on Budget 2018 he called in the parliament earlier.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/11/28/kapar-mp-resigns-over-bloc-vote-error-manivannan-steps-down-as-pkrs-secretary-whip-for-budget-2018-t/|title=Kapar MP resigns over bloc vote error|author=Martin Carvalho, Hemananthani Sivanandam, Loshana K. Shagar, and Rahmah Ghazali|date=28 November 2017|work=The Star|access-date=22 April 2018}}

In the 2018 election, Manivannan contested as PKR candidate in the Perak State Legislative Assembly constituency of Hutan Melintang instead but lost to the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in a three corner fight with Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate.{{cite news|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/09/28/court-affirms-umnos-victory-in-3-perak-state-seats/|title=Court affirms Umno's victory in 3 Perak state seats|author=Ho Kit Yen|date=28 September 2018|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|access-date=28 September 2018}}

Election results

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"

|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{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}} Results only available for the 2013 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.sinarharian.com.my/pru13/p109-kapar-1.59909|title=PRU13:P109 Kapar|work=WARTAWAN SINAR HARIAN|publisher=Sinar Harian |language=ms |date=23 June 2012

| access-date = 22 April 2018}} Results only available for the 2008 election and 2013 election.

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan=5|2013

|rowspan=5|P109 Kapar

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| rowspan=5|{{nowrap|Manivannan Gowindasamy}} (PKR)

| rowspan=5 align="right"|69,849

| rowspan=5|56.17%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Sakthivel Alagappan}} (MIC)

|align="right" |46,059

|37.05%

| rowspan=5|127,023

| rowspan=5|23,790

| rowspan=5|88.11%

bgcolor={{Party color|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front}} |

|Mohd Pathan Hussin (Berjasa)

| align="right" |6,289

| align="right" |5.06%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Norhamzah Suratman (IND)

| align="right" |1,067

| align="right" |0.86%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz (IND)

| align="right" |835

| align="right" |0.67%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Palaya Rengaiah (IND)

| align="right" |231

| align="right" |0.19%

rowspan=5|2022

|rowspan=5|P112 Kuala Langat

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/PH}} |

|rowspan=5|Manivannan Gowindasamy (PKR)

|rowspan=5 align="right" | 51,034

|rowspan=5| 41.20%

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

|{{nowrap|Ahmad Yunus Hairi}} (PAS)

|align="right" |52,867

|42.68%

|rowspan=5|123,860

|rowspan=5|1,833

|rowspan=5|83.33%

{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Mohana Muniandy Raman (MIC)

|align="right" |18,685

|15.09%

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

|Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah (PEJUANG)

| align="right" |591

| align="right" |0.48%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Zanariah Jumhuri (IND)

| align="right" |512

| align="right" |0.41%

bgcolor={{party color|Parti Rakyat Malaysia}} |

|Gaveson Murugeson (PRM)

| align="right" |171

| align="right" |0.14%

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|+ Perak State Legislative Assembly{{Cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/perak.html|title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perak|website=election.thestar.com.my|access-date=2018-07-29}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan="2" |Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan="2" |Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="2" |2018