Manogaran Marimuthu
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Teluk Intan
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byMah Siew Keong
(BN–GERAKAN)
Succeeded bySeah Leong Peng
(PR–DAP)
Majority1,470 (2008)
Personal details
Born (1959-07-14) 14 July 1959 (age 64)
Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
ChildrenThulsi Thivani Manogaran (daughter)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitemanogaran.wordpress.com
M. Manogaran on Facebook

Manogaran s/o Marimuthu (born 14 July 1959), commonly referred to as M. Manogaran is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Teluk Intan from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.[1][2] He is also the father of Thulsi Thivani Manogaran, Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Buntong.

In the 2008 general election, Manogaran won the federal seat of Teluk Intan on a DAP ticket. He ran against the incumbent, Mah Siew Keong, Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Agro-based Industries and Youth Chief of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN).[3] He contested the parliamentary seat of Cameron Highlands, Pahang in the 2013 general election, and was defeated by government minister G. Palanivel who was the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) President then.[4]

In the 2018 general election, he ran again for the Cameron Highlands seat but lost again in a five-corners contest this time to MIC Vice-President Sivarraajh Chandran by 597 votes majority. However the victory was nullified by the Election Court on 30 November 2018 after it allowed the election petition filed by Manogaran that corrupt practices were committed by Sivarraajh in the 14th general election.[5] He was picked as the PH candidate to re-contest again in the four-cornered fight in 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election.[6] But he lost again to Barisan Nasional (BN)'s indigenous Orang Asli direct candidate Ramli Mohd Nor in the by-election.[7]

Controversies

On 3 April 2010, Manogaran was arrested for holding demonstration with activists at Batu Caves to protest the usage of "Interlok" novel which contained derogatory words to Malaysian Indians community in the syllabus for the Malay Literature subject as compulsory reading for students in Form 5 (Secondary 5) in schools throughout Malaysia.[8][9]

On 9 January 2019 Manogaran as the PH candidate for the 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election had made insensitive remarks citing the perception that "Malays don't even buy kuih from Orang Asli vendors" analogy regarding BN fielding Orang Asli candidate causing him to apologise and express regrets for his action only a day later.[10] On Polling Day, M. Manogaran, wore a shirt bearing party logo to a polling station against the election rules and he was asked to leave by the Election Commission (EC)’s officer.[11]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[3][12][13][14][15]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P076 Teluk Intan M. Manogaran (DAP) 18,846 52.07% Mah Siew Keong (GERAKAN) 17,016 47.93% 36,739 1,470 70.17%
2013 P078 Cameron Highlands M. Manogaran (DAP) 10,044 45.92% G. Palanivel (MIC) 10,506 48.03% 22,752 462 81.32%
Mohd Shokri Mahmood (BERJASA) 912 4.17%
Alagu Thangarajoo (IND) 308 1.41%
Kisho Kumar Kathirveloo (IND) 101 0.46%
2018 M. Manogaran (DAP) 9,710 39.85% Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC) 1 10,307 42.30% 24,365 597 76.03%
Wan Mahadir Wan Mahmud (PAS) 3,587 14.72%
Suresh Kumar Balasubramaniam (PSM) 680 2.79%
Mohd Tahir Haji Kassim (BERJASA) 81 0.33%
2019 M. Manogaran (DAP) 8,800 41.07% Ramli Mohd Nor (BN) 12,038 56.18% 22,019 3,238 68.79%
Sallehudin Ab Talib (Independent) 314 1.47%
Wong Seng Yee (Independent) 276 1.29%

Note: 1 The Election Court has on the 30 November 2018, nullified Sivarraajh's election for the element of corrupted practices and enabled 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election to be held. Sivarraajh was banned for five years.

References

  1. ^ "Manogaran a/l Marimuthu, Y.B. Tuan" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Sivaji fan". The Star. Star Publications. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. ^ "Palanivel, Manogaran, three more vie for Cameron Highlands". Malaysian Insider. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ^ Hong, Bede (30 November 2018). "MIC loses Cameron Highlands seat over graft case". The Malaysian Insight. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. ^ Ivan Loh and Joseph Kaos Jr (12 January 2019). "Four-cornered fight for Cameron Highlands seat". The Star Online. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. ^ Joseph Kaos Jr (26 January 2019). "It's official: BN's Ramli wins Camerons polls". The Star Online. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. ^ "The hypocrisy surrounding Interlok". The Nut Graph. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Protes Interlok: MP Teluk Intan, aktivis ditangkap". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 3 April 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Manogaran apologises for distasteful 'kuih' remarks". Malaysiakini. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  11. ^ Joseph Kaos Jr (26 January 2019). "Manogaran told to leave voting centre for wearing shirt with party logo". The Star Online. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2018. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  13. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum 13 Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri 2013". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  14. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  15. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.



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