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 (MLA) for Buntong from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), another component party of the PN coalition and Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition as well as an independent. During his tenure as the Buntong MLA, he was involved in multiple political defections and party switchings.
Education He graduated from the Open University Malaysia with the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).
Politics Political defections and party switchings In March 2020, Sivasubramaniam, along with Tronoh MLA Paul Yong Choo Kiong, were removed from the DAP. This occurred after they defected from the party to support the opposing PN coalition, subsequently becoming independent assemblymen.
Following his removal, Sivasubramaniam joined and left several political parties in quick succession:
June 2020: Joined GERAKAN. March 2021: Left GERAKAN and joined BERSATU as an associate member, alongside Paul Yong Choo Kiong. January 2022: Left BERSATU and joined PBM. September 2022: Left PBM and rejoined BERSATU as an associate member, this time with former Bercham MLA Sum Cheok Leng.
In the 2022 Perak state election, Sivasubramaniam was nominated by PN to defend the Buntong state seat. He suffered a landslide defeat at the hands of Thulsi Thivani Manogaran from PH, and lost his election deposit.
Election results +Perak State Legislative Assembly Keputusan-keputusan PRU sejak 2004. Jumlah peratusan berdasarkan jumlah keluar mengundi. Jumlah peratusan berdasarkan jumlah keluar mengundi.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2004N30 BuntongSivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP)6,08241.81%Yik Phooi Hong (MCA)8,46458.19%14,8362,38264.96%2008 (DAP)10,31166.24% (MCA)4,99632.10%15,5665,31570.98%2013Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP)13,06271.79%Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC)4,43324.36%18,1958,62979.64%Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND)3121.43%Mohd Basri Shafie (IND)1270.70%2018Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP)18,00580.89%Thangarani Thiagarajan (MIC)2,68212.05%21,50015,32379.80%Mohanarani Rasiah (PSM)8133.65% 2022 Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (BERSATU) 1,437 5.64% (DAP)21,412 84.02% 25,483 19,155 70.33% Jayagopi Subramaniam (MIC) 2,2578.86% Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND)2370.93% Muhammad Faiz Abdullah (IND)1400.55%
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