Mohan Thangarasu
{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Indian name|Mohan|Thangarasu|note=on}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk
| name = Mohan Thangarasu
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DPSM|KMN}}
| office3 = Senator
{{small|Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong}}
| term_start3 = 1 December 2020
| term_end3 = 5 November 2022
| monarch3 = Abdullah
| primeminister3 = Muhyiddin Yassin
{{small|(2020–2021)}}
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
{{small|(2021–2022)}}
| term_start4 = 16 November 2017
| term_end4 = 15 November 2020
| alongside4 =
| monarch4 = Muhammad V
{{small|(2017–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2020)}}
| primeminister4 = Najib Razak
{{small|(2017–2018)}}
Mahathir Mohamad
{{small|(2018–2020)}}
Muhyiddin Yassin
{{small|(2020)}}
| term_start5 =
| term_end5 =
| office6 = Vice President of the
Malaysian Indian Congress
| term_start6 = 6 November 2015
| term_end6 = 7 July 2024
| alongside6 =
Vigneswaran Sanasee {{small|(2015–2018)}}
Jaspal Singh {{small|(2015–2018)}}
Murugiah Thopasamy {{small|(2018–2024)}}
Asojan Muniyandy {{small|(2018–2024)}}
Vell Paari Samy Vellu {{small|(2019–2024)}}
Kohilan Pillay Appu {{small|(2019–2024)}}
| successor6 = Nelson Renganathan
| president6 = Subramaniam Sathasivam
{{small|(2015–2018)}}
Vigneswaran Sanasee
{{small|(2018–2024)}}
| term_start7 =
| term_end7 =
| birth_name = Mohan a/l Thangarasu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|03|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Batu 14, Puchong, Selangor
| alma_mater =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
| occupation = Politician
}}
Mohan s/o Thangarasu (born 18 March 1973) is a Malaysian politician who had served as a Senator from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) and has served as a Vice President of MIC from 2015 until 2024.{{cite news |last=Ramayah |first=Umavathi |date=2020-11-30 |title=T. Mohan, Aknan dilantik semula sebagai Senator |trans-title=T. Mohan, Aknan was reappointed as Senator |url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/t-mohan-aknan-dilantik-semula-sebagai-senator-271012 |language=ms |work=Astro Awani}}{{cite news |last=Bernama |date=2021-11-27 |title=Mohan, Murugiah retain MIC VEEP position |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2021/11/749325/mohan-murugiah-retain-mic-veep-positions |work=New Straits Times}}
Election results
| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/selangor.html|title=The Star Online GE15 Selangor|work=The Star|access-date=10 July 2022}} Percentage figures based on total turnout. !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |
| rowspan=5|2022
| rowspan=5|P094 Hulu Selangor | rowspan=5 {{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | | rowspan=5|Mohan Thangarasu (MIC) | rowspan=5 align=right|27,050 | rowspan=5|22.09% |bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Mohd Hasnizan Harun}} (PAS) | align=right|46,823 |38.24% | rowspan=5|124,804 | rowspan=5|1,562 | rowspan=5|79.34% |
| {{party shading/PH}} |
|Sathia Prakash Nadarajan (PKR) | align=right|45,261 |36.97% |
| bgcolor={{party color|Homeland Fighter's Party}} |
| align=right|1,849 | align=right|1.51% |
| bgcolor={{party color|Parti Bangsa Malaysia}} |
| align=right|1,013 | align=right|0.83% |
| {{party shading/Independent}} |
|Azlinda Baroni (IND) | align=right|446 | align=right|0.36% |
Honours
- {{flag|Malaysia}} :
- 50px Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2006){{cite web|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tahun_2006.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 2006|website=www.istiadat.gov.my}}
- {{flag|Malacca}} :
- 50px Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2013){{cite web|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/semakan-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-bintang-dan-pingat/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran Bintang Dan Pingat|website=www.istiadat.gov.my}}
References
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Category:Members of the Dewan Negara
Category:Malaysian Indian Congress politicians