Thulsi Thivani Manogaran

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Puan

| name = Thulsi Thivani Manogaran

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = ta

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MLA (Perak)}}

| office = State Assistant Publicity Secretary of the
Democratic Action Party of Perak

| term_start = 8 September 2024

| term_end =

| 1blankname = Secretary-General

| 1namedata = Anthony Loke Siew Fook

| 2blankname = State Chairman

| 2namedata = Nga Kor Ming

| 3blankname = State Publicity Secretary

| 3namedata = Woo Kah Leong

| predecessor = Jenny Choy Tsi Jen

| successor =

| constituency_AM1 = Buntong

| assembly1 = Perak State Legislative

| term_start1 = 19 November 2022

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan
(PH–DAP)

| successor1 =

| majority1 = 19,155 (2022)

| birth_name = Thulsi Thivani d/o Manogaran

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = {{MAS}}

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = Democratic Action Party (DAP)

| otherparty = Pakatan Harapan (PH)

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Lawyer

| parents = Manogaran Marimuthu (father)

| relations = {{hlist|1 younger brother|2 younger sisters}}

| education =

| alma_mater = University of Malaya (LLB)

| image =

}}

Thulsi Thivani d/o Manogaran (born 9 November 1988) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Buntong since November 2022. She is a member, Women Assistant Publicity Secretary and was the State Youth Head of Legal Bureau of Perak of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. She has also served as the State Assistant Publicity Secretary of DAP of Perak since September 2024. She is also the eldest child and daughter of Manogaran Marimuthu, the State Deputy Chairman of DAP of Pahang, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Teluk Intan and a co-founder of the Tamil Foundation of Malaysia.

Family, education and career

Thulsi Thivani was born to Manogaran as his eldest child and daughter in Malaysia in 1989. She also has three younger siblings, a brother and two sisters. She has followed her father in volunteer work, events and parades since young. She is talented in languages and an excellent student. She is also able to speak the Chinese dialect Cantonese. She graduated from the University of Malaya (UM) with the Bachelor of Laws (LLB). After graduating, she stayed in Kuala Lumpur for her career, working together with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in human rights to promote the freedom of speech in Malaysia. A year prior to her election as the Buntong MLA, she received calls from DAP as the party needed legal experts to serve the people. She resigned from her well-paid and prominent position and left Kuala Lumpur for Ipoh to serve the party and the people.{{cite web|url=https://perak.sinchew.com.my/news/20221115/perak/4263420|title=叮咚，家访啊！杜尔茜放弃高薪为民服务 "国家须懂管理财务领袖"|website=Sin Chew Daily|date=15 November 2022|accessdate=10 January 2025|language=zh}}

Political career

= Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (since 2022) =

== 2022 Perak state election ==

In the 2022 Perak state election, Thulsi Thivani made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest the Buntong state seat.{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2022/10/844646/ge15-perak-dap-take-8-parliamentary-19-state-seats|title=GE15: Perak DAP to take on 8 parliamentary, 19 state seats|website=New Straits Times|date=29 October 2022|accessdate=10 January 2025}} Thulsi Thivani won the seat and was elected to the Perak State Legislative Assembly as the Buntong MLA for the first term after defeating Jayagopi Subramaniam of Barisan Nasional (BN), incumbent and defending Buntong MLA Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan of Perikatan Nasional (PN) who was contesting the seat for the fifth time and independent candidates Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy as well as Muhammad Faiz Abdullah by a majority of 19,155 votes in a landslide victory.{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/perak.html|title=

Malaysia GE15 / PRU15 & 6 States Elections - Perak - The Star|website=The Star|accessdate=10 January 2025}}

As the Buntong MLA, Thulsi Thivani promised to improve the infrastructure in Buntong.{{cite web|url=https://perak.sinchew.com.my/news/20221105/perak/4217043|title=怡西一国三州文冬五角战最激烈|website=Sin Chew Daily|date=5 November 2022|accessdate=10 January 2025|language=zh}}

Election results

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|+Perak State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=https://mysprsemak.spr.gov.my/semakan/keputusan/pru|website=MySPRSemak|title=Semakan Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Perak ke-15|accessdate=10 January 2025|language=ms}}{{cite web|url=https://pru.astroawani.com/|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Perak ke-15|website=Astro Awani|accessdate=10 January 2025|language=ms}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

! Pct

!Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan=4 |2022

|rowspan=4 |N30 Buntong

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/PH}} |

|rowspan=4 |{{nowrap|Thulsi Thivani Manogaran}} (DAP)

|rowspan=4 align=right|21,412

|rowspan=4 |84.02%

|{{party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Jayagopi Subramaniam (MIC)

|align=right|2,257

|align=right|8.86%

|rowspan=4 |25,483

|rowspan=4 |19,155

|rowspan=4 |69.41%

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

|Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU)

|align=right|1,437

|align=right|5.64%

{{party shading/Independent}} |

|Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND)

|align=right|237

|align=right|0.93%

{{party shading/Independent}} |

|Muhammad Faiz Abdullah (IND)

|align=right|140

|align=right|0.55%

References

Category:Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians

Category:Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly

Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent

Category:Living people

Category:1989 births