Sundarajoo Somu | |
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Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Perai | |
Assumed office 12 August 2023 | |
Preceded by | Ramasamy Palanisamy |
Member of Penang State Executive Council for Housing and Environment | |
Assumed office 2023 | |
Governor | Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak |
Chief Minister | Chow Kon Yeow |
Preceded by | Jagdeep Singh Deo (Housing) Phee Boon Poh (Environment) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sundarajoo a/l Somu 1962 Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | DAP |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Nottingham Trent University |
Occupation | Politician |
Sundarajoo a/l Somu is a Malaysian politician from DAP. He has been the member of Penang State Executive Council for Housing and Environment and the Member of Penang State Legislative Assembly for Perai since 2023.
Sundarajoo was born into a poor family in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur.[1]
Sundarajoo got his diploma from the Federal Institute of Technology. He is also a Master in Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University.[1]
Sundarajoo first worked as an adjuster for the General Insurance Association of Malaysia. He lost his work during the 1987 financial crisis and started working as a field conductor in an estate. Then, he started working as a taxi driver before becoming a security guard where Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin, the founder of S P Setia, lived. Subsequently, he worked as Liew's driver before joining S P Setia in 2005 as a salesman. In 2002, he was made the general manager of S P Setia for the northern region of Malaysia. In 2014, following Permodalan Nasional Berhad’s takeover of S P Setia, he helped Liew to set up EcoWorld and became the Deputy Chairman and deputy CEO of EcoWorld.[1][2]
Sundarajoo joined DAP in 2018.[1]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2023 | N16 Perai | Sundarajoo Somu (DAP) | 10,680 | 76.76% | Sivasuntaram Rajalinggam (GERAKAN) | 1,541 | 11.08% | 14,044 | 9,139 | 68.58% | ||
David Marshel Pakianathan (IND) | 1,439 | 10.34% | ||||||||||
Vikneswary Harikrishnan (MUDA) | 253 | 1.82% |