Jayabalan s/o A. Thambyappa is a Malaysian politician and doctor. He had served as Member of the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

(MLA) for

Batu Uban Batu Uban is a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang, about south of the city centre. Founded by ethnic Minangkabaus in the early 18th century, Batu Uban is regarded as the oldest Malay settl ...

from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of

Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ...

(PH) coalitions and formerly

Pakatan Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat (PR; ) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Par ...

(PR) coalitions.

Background

Jayabalan Thambyappa holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).

Political career

He made his first electoral debut in Batu Uban state seat and won the seat by defeating BN candidate Goh Kheng Sneah and 3 other Independent candidate in 2013 state election. However, his name was dropped in 2018 state election.

Election results

Honours

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MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN

Officer of the

Order of the Defender of State The Order of the Defender of State () is the sole order of chivalry of the state of Penang which was constituted in 1967 by then Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Dato' Seri Utama Raja Uda Raja Muhammad to recognize eminent contributions of individuals t ...

(DSPN) – Dato' (2019)

References

{{Reflist People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Malaysian politicians of Indian descent Living people Year of birth missing (living people)