Mogan Velayatham

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

Mogan a/l Velayatham is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Mohamad Hasan from March 2008 to May 2013 as well as Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Jeram Padang from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.^[1]

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Mogan Velayatham DPNS PJK AMN
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council
In office 14 March 2008 – 21 May 2013
Monarchs	Ja'afar Muhriz
Menteri Besar	Mohamad Hasan
Portfolio	Human Resources, Plantations, Public Utilities, Environment, Cooperatives and Consumerism
Succeeded by	Manickam Letchuman (Human Resources and Plantations) Abu Ubaidah Redza (Public Utilities, Environment, Cooperatives and Consumerism)
Constituency	Jeram Padang
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Jeram Padang
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Krishnan Letchumanan (BN–MIC)
Succeeded by	Manickam Letchuman (BN–MIC)
Majority	1,808 (2008)
Personal details
Political party	Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly^[2][3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N07 Jeram Padang		Mogan Velayatham (MIC)	4,185	63.78%		Manoharan Kannan (PKR)	2,377	36.22%	6,845	1,808	68.72%

Parliament of Malaysia^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballot casts	Majority	Turnout
2013	P132 Telok Kemang		Mogan Velayatham (MIC)	28,269	48.31%		Kamarul Baharin Abbas (PKR)	29,848	51.01%	59,984	1,579	85.05%
							Kamarudin Kumaravel Abdullah (IND)	394	0.67%
2018	P132 Port Dickson		Mogan Velayatham (MIC)	18,515	30.19%		Danyal Balagopal Abdullah (PKR)	36,225	59.06%	62,548	17,710	83.16%
							Mahfuz Roslan (PAS)	6,594	10.75%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2003)^[10]
• Negeri Sembilan :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DPNS) – Dato' (2010)^[11]
  • Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2000)^[12]