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 The Perak State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral state legislature of the Malaysian state of Perak. It is composed of 59 members representing single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years a ...

(MLA) for Buntong from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member of the

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( Malay: ''Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia''; abbrev: BERSATU or PPBM) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia ( Malay: ) and ...

(BERSATU), a component party of the

Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...

(PN) coalition and was a member of the

Parti Bangsa Malaysia ''Parti Bangsa Malaysia'', ( Malay for Malaysian Nation Party abbrev: PBM, is a registered political party in Malaysia. The party was founded as the Sarawak Workers Party before being handed over in November 2021. The party is currently repr ...

(PBM),

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (; abbrev: GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general election when it defeated the ruling Alliance Party in Pen ...

(GERAKAN), another component party of the PN coalition and

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (DAP; ) is a social democracy, social democratic and Secularism, secular political party in Malaysia, sitting on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. As one of four component parties of ...

(DAP), a component party of the

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(PH) coalition as well as an

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. During his tenure as the Buntong MLA, he was involved in multiple political defections and party switchings.

Education

He graduated from the

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with the

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(BBA).

Politics

Political defections and party switchings

In March 2020,

Tronoh Teronoh (or Tronoh, Ternoh) ( Jawi: ترونوه; ; Tamil: துரோனோ) is a small tin-mining town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. The town was said to have been founded by the Minangkabau of Talu, a village located in present-day West ...

MLA

Paul Yong Choo Kiong Paul Yong Choo Kiong (; born 23 September 1970), is a Malaysian politician and convicted rapist who served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahma ...

and Sivasubramaniam were removed from DAP as they defected and supported the opposing PN. He then became an independent immediately after his removal from DAP. In June 2020, Sivasubramiam then joined GERAKAN. In March 2021, Sivasubramaniam left GERAKAN and joined BERSATU as party associate members. In January 2022, they left BERSATU for PBM. In September 2022, they left PBM and rejoined BERSATU as associate members again with former

Bercham Bercham ( Jawi: برچم) is a suburb of Ipoh next to the North–South Expressway in Perak, Malaysia. It is located between the Ipoh South Interchange of North–South Expressway and Ipoh city. It is near Ipoh Garden, Tasek, Tambun and Tanj ...

MLA

Sum Cheok Leng Sum Cheok Leng is Malaysian politician who served as Member of Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bercham from 2008 to 2013. In August 2015, he announced his departure from DAP and joined Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Is ...

. In the

2022 Perak state election The 2022 Perak state election, formally the 15th Perak state election, took place on 19 November 2022. This election was to elect 59 members of the 15th Perak State Legislative Assembly. The previous assembly was dissolved on 17 October 2022. ...

, he was nominated by PN to defend the Buntong state seat, the fifth time contesting the seat. He was not reelected as the Buntong MLA after losing to

Thulsi Thivani Manogaran 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 Secreta ...

of PH by a minority of 19,155 votes in a

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Election results

References

Living people Members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly Malaysian politicians of Indian descent 1966 births Former Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Former Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia politicians Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub