Kesavan Subramaniam

In this Indian name, the name Subramaniam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Kesavan. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.

Kesavan s/o Subramaniam (Tamil: கேசவன் சுப்ரமணியம், romanized: Kēcavaṉ cupramaṇiyam) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Siput since May 2018. He served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hutan Melintang from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.^[1][2][3][4]

Yang Berhormat Tuan Kesavan Subramaniam MP
கேசவன் சுப்ரமணியம்
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Siput
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PR–PKR)
Majority	5,607 (2018) 1,846 (2022)
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Hutan Melintang
In office 8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Rajoo Govindasamy (BN–MIC)
Succeeded by	Khairuddin Tarmizi (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,721 (2008) 1,240 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–	Pakatan Harapan
Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018	People's Justice Party
Personal details
Born	Kesavan s/o Subramaniam 1975 (age 49–50) Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH) Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Occupation	Politician
Website	Kesavan Subramaniam on Facebook
Kesavan Subramaniam on Parliament of Malaysia

Controversy

In May 2019, Kesavan was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who claimed to be his former aide in a police report she had lodged.^[5][6] However, Kesavan had denied the accusation and her allegation of being his former assistant.^[7] Kesavan had counter filed a police report against the woman and claimed she had taken advantage of himself and had tried to disrupt his family instead.^[8] On 16 July, Indrani Ramasamy who was the alleged PKR Sungai Siput treasurer and parliamentary research officer, filed a defamation suit against Kesavan.^[9]

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N54 Hutan Melintang		Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)	7,804	53.61%		Thangasvari Suppiah (MIC)	6,083	46.39%	14,556	1,721	70.12%
2013			Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)	10,155	51.19%		Supramaniam Ramalingam (MIC)	8,915	44.94%	20,472	1,240	83.09%
							Azahari Abdullah (BERJASA)	353	1.78%
							Mat Sidi Hashim (IND)	413	2.08%

Parliament of Malaysia^[11][15][16]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P062 Sungai Siput		Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)	20,817	48.72%		Devamany Krishnasamy (MIC)	15,210	35.60%	42,726	5,607	77.68%
							Ishak Ibrahim (PAS)	5,194	13.84%
							Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj (PSM)	1,505	3.52%
2022			Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)	21,637	41.89%		Vigneswaran Sanasee (MIC)	19,791	38.32%	51,802	1,846	71.34%
							Irudhanathan Gabriel (BERSATU)	8,190	15.86%
							Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Jaafar (PEJUANG)	784	1.52%
							R.Indrani (IND)	767	1.19%
							Baharudin Kamarudin (IND)	598	1.16%
							Rajah Narasaim (IND)	35	0.07%

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal