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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
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| name = Manikavasagam Sundram
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| native_name = {{nobold|மாணிக்கவாசகம் சுந்தரம்}}
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| birth_name = Manikavasagam s/o Sundram
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|06|27|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|06|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Selangor]], [[Malaysia]]
| birth_place = [[Selangor]], [[Malaysia]]
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| constituency_MP = [[Kapar]], Selangor
| office = Vice President of the [[Parti Rakyat Malaysia]]
| parliament = Malaysian
| term_start = 2008
| term_start = 2 March 2024
| term_end = 2013
| term_end =
| alongside = [[Tan Chow Kang]] & [[Sarah Afiqah Zainol Ariff]]
| majority1 =
| president = [[Rohana Ariffin]]
| predecessor = Komala Devi M Perumal ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]] – [[Barisan Nasional|BN]])

| successor = G Manivannan Gowindasamy ([[Parti Keadilan Rakyat|PKR]])
| constituency_MP1 = [[Kapar (federal constituency)|Kapar]]
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| term_start1 = 8 March 2008
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| term_end1 = 5 May 2013
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| successor1 = [[Manivannan Gowindasamy]] <br> ([[Pakatan Rakyat|PR]]–[[Parti Keadilan Rakyat|PKR]])
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| majority1 = 12,297 ([[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]])
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'''Manikavasagam Sundram''' (born 27 June 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpkapar.com/manikavasagam/yb-manikavasagam/|title=YB Manikavasagam|publisher=S. Manikavasagam: official blog|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref>) was the Member of the [[Parliament of Malaysia]] for the [[Kapar]] constituency in [[Selangor]] from 2008 to 2013, as a member of the [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]] (PKR) in the [[Pakatan Rakyat]] opposition coalition.
'''Manikavasagam s/o Sundram''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: சு. மாணிக்கவாசகம்) (born 27 June 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpkapar.com/manikavasagam/yb-manikavasagam/|title=YB Manikavasagam|publisher=S. Manikavasagam: official blog|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref>) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician and social activist who served as the [[Dewan Rakyat|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Kapar (federal constituency)|Kapar]] from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the [[Parti Rakyat Malaysia]] (PRM), a component party of formerly [[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA) coalition and was a member of the [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]] (PKR), a component party of the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) and formerly [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) and BA coalitions. He has served as the Vice President of PRM since March 2024.


== Political career ==
Manikavasagam was elected to Parliament in the [[Malaysian general election, 2008|2008 election]], winning the seat of Kapar, previously held by the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition.<ref name="election results">{{Cite web
Manikavasagam was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008 election]], winning the seat of Kapar, previously held by the [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) coalition.<ref name="Malaysia Decides 2008">{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| author2 =
| title = Malaysia Decides 2008
| title = Malaysia Decides 2008
| work =
| work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]
| publisher = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]
| date =
| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/
| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/
| access-date = 17 January 2010}}</ref> Before his election, Manikavasagam was a prominent leader in the [[Hindu Rights Action Force]] (HINDRAF).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23194448|title=Malaysian police break up ethnic Indian rally|date=16 February 2008|work=NBC News|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Feb16/0,4670,MalaysiaIndianUnrest,00.html|title=Malaysian Police Break Up Indian Rally|date=16 February 2008|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=16 January 2010 | first=Julia | last=Zappei}}</ref>
| format =
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| accessdate = 17 January 2010}}</ref> Before his election, Manikavasagam was a prominent leader in the [[Hindu Rights Action Force]] (HINDRAF).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23194448/|title=Malaysian police break up ethnic Indian rally|date=16 February 2008|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Feb16/0,4670,MalaysiaIndianUnrest,00.html|title=Malaysian Police Break Up Indian Rally|date=16 February 2008|publisher=[[Fox News]]|accessdate=16 January 2010 | first=Julia | last=Zappei}}</ref>


In December 2008, Manikavasagam announced he would leave PKR, citing disappointment with the party's leadership in Selangor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/31/nation/20081231155855|title=Manikavasagam holds off on quit decision (updated)|date=31 December 2008|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref> He eventually resigned from a leadership position within PKR, but not from the party itself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/1/nation/2926022&sec=nation|title=Kapar MP quits party post|last=Goh|first=Lisa|date=1 January 2009|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref>
In December 2008, Manikavasagam announced he would leave PKR, citing disappointment with the party's leadership in Selangor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/31/nation/20081231155855|title=Manikavasagam holds off on quit decision (updated)|date=31 December 2008|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref> He eventually resigned from a leadership position within PKR, but not from the party itself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/1/nation/2926022&sec=nation|title=Kapar MP quits party post|last=Goh|first=Lisa|date=1 January 2009|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref>


In June 2009, an arrest warrant was issued for Manikavasagam after he allegedly refused to respond to a subpoena to testify at an inquest into the death of an actress.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=34956|title=Arrest warrant issued against Kapar MP Manikavasagam|date=23 June 2009|publisher=The Sun (Malaysia)|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref> Manikavasagam applied to have the warrant set aside,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/24/nation/20090624114439&sec=nation|title=Manikavasagam applies to set aside arrest order (Update)|last=Goh|first=Lisa|date=24 June 2009|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref> and eventually testified at the inquest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/9/nation/20090709195120&sec=nation|title=Kapar MP: Vell Paari behaved as if he lost his wife at Sujata’s funeral|last=Hamdan|first=Nurbaiti|date=9 July 2009|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref> Less than two weeks later, he was arrested over an unrelated public demonstration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/17/nation/20090717111031&sec=nation|title=Seven arrested outside MACC office, all later released (Update)|last=Rajendra|first=Edward|date=17 July 2009|publisher=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref>
In June 2009, an arrest warrant was issued for Manikavasagam after he allegedly refused to respond to a subpoena to testify at an inquest into the death of an actress.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=34956|title=Arrest warrant issued against Kapar MP Manikavasagam|date=23 June 2009|publisher=The Sun (Malaysia)|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref> Manikavasagam applied to have the warrant set aside,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/24/nation/20090624114439&sec=nation|title=Manikavasagam applies to set aside arrest order (Update)|last=Goh|first=Lisa|date=24 June 2009|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref> and eventually testified at the inquest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/9/nation/20090709195120&sec=nation|title=Kapar MP: Vell Paari behaved as if he lost his wife at Sujata's funeral|last=Hamdan|first=Nurbaiti|date=9 July 2009|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref> Less than two weeks later, he was arrested over an unrelated public demonstration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/17/nation/20090717111031&sec=nation|title=Seven arrested outside MACC office, all later released (Update)|last=Rajendra|first=Edward|date=17 July 2009|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref>


PKR did not renominate Manikavasagam for his Kapar parliamentary seat in the [[Malaysian general election, 2013|2013 election]]. He contested the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] seat of Bukit Melawati instead, losing to a [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO) candidate. In 2014 he was suspended from PKR for making allegations of "money politics" against the Selangor Chief Minister [[Khalid Ibrahim]]. After the lifting of his suspension, he challenged Khalid for the leadership for the Selangor division of PKR, and won, part of a series of events culminating in Khalid's downfall as Chief Minister later in the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/06/26/khalid-defeated-pkr-division-polls/|title=Khalid defeated in PKR division polls|date=26 June 2014|work=The Rakyat Post|accessdate=17 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pkr-names-three-new-faces-for-selangor-contest|title=PKR names three new faces for Selangor contest|last=Syed Jaymal Zahiid|date=15 April 2013|work=The Malaysian Insider|accessdate=17 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/suspended-pkr-member-begs-party-to-allow-him-to-take-on-khalid-in-polls|title=Suspended PKR member begs party to allow him to take on Khalid in polls|last=Jamilah Kamarudin|date=16 May 2014|work=The Malaysian Insider|accessdate=17 October 2014}}</ref>
PKR did not renominate Manikavasagam to defend his [[Kapar (federal constituency)|Kapar]] parliamentary seat in the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]]. He contested the [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] seat of [[Bukit Melawati (state constituency)|Bukit Melawati]] instead, losing to a [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO) candidate. In 2014 he was suspended from PKR for making allegations of "money politics" against the Selangor Chief Minister [[Khalid Ibrahim]]. After the lifting of his suspension, he challenged Khalid for the leadership for the Selangor division of PKR, and won, part of a series of events culminating in Khalid's downfall as Chief Minister later in the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/06/26/khalid-defeated-pkr-division-polls/|title=Khalid defeated in PKR division polls|date=26 June 2014|work=The Rakyat Post|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pkr-names-three-new-faces-for-selangor-contest|title=PKR names three new faces for Selangor contest|last=Syed Jaymal Zahiid|date=15 April 2013|work=The Malaysian Insider|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/suspended-pkr-member-begs-party-to-allow-him-to-take-on-khalid-in-polls|title=Suspended PKR member begs party to allow him to take on Khalid in polls|last=Jamilah Kamarudin|date=16 May 2014|work=The Malaysian Insider|access-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>

On 7 April 2018, he announced that he has rejoined [[Parti Rakyat Malaysia]] (PRM), a party which he first joined in 1999 before leaving for PKR in 2000. He also contested for the Kapar parliamentary seat and Meru state seat in the [[2018 Malaysian general election|2018 election]] under PRM ticket but lost both.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/prm-announces-candidates-for-15-parliamentary-state-seats-in-selangor|title=PRM announces candidates for 15 parliamentary, state seats in Selangor|date=7 April 2018|work=[[Bernama]] |publisher=[[The Malay Mail]]|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mstar.com.my/berita/berita-semasa/2018/04/08/manikavasagam-kembali-ke-prm/|title=Keluar PKR, bekas MP Kapar kembali ke PRM|date=8 April 2018|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |publisher=mStar|language=ms |access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>


==Election results==
==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': P109 [[Kapar]], Selangor<ref name="election results"/>
|+ '''[[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]'''<ref name="GE13 election results">{{Cite web
| title = 2013 Malaysia General Election SELANGOR N10 Bukit Melawati
| publisher =[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]
| url = http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/5_KeputusanDUN.php?kod=09610
| access-date = 5 June 2016}} Results only available for the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum 13 Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri 2013|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia General Election
| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
| publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
| url = http://undi.info/#
| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!|Year
!|Constituency
!
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!
!|Barisan Nasional
!|Votes
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|-
|[[2013 Selangor state election|2013]]
|[[Malaysian general election, 2008|2008]]
|'''N10 [[Bukit Melawati (state constituency)|Bukit Melawati]]'''
|
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |{{nowrap|'''S. Manikavasagam'''}} ([[Keadilan|PKR]])
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|Manikavasagam Sundram}} ([[Keadilan|PKR]])
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} align="right" |48,196
|align="right" |6,490
|45.99%
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |55%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|
|{{nowrap|'''Jakiran Jacomah'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |Komala Devi M Perumal ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} align="right" |35,899
|align="right" |'''7,296'''
|'''51.70%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |41%
|14,113
|806
|87.60%
|-
|rowspan=4|[[2018 Selangor state election|2018]]
|rowspan=4|'''N42 [[Meru (state constituency)|Meru]]'''
|rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{Party color|Parti Rakyat Malaysia}}" |
|rowspan=4|Manikavasagam Sundram ([[Parti Rakyat Malaysia|PRM]])
|rowspan=4 align=“right” |346
|rowspan=4 align=right|1.02%
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar]]'''}} ([[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|'''AMANAH''']])
|align="right" |'''17,665'''
|'''52.04%'''
|rowspan=4|34,448
|rowspan=4|9,608
|rowspan=4|88.12%
|-
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Khairul Anuar Saimun ([[United Malay National Organization|UMNO]])
|align="right" |8,057
|23.74%
|-
| {{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Noor Najhan Mohd Salleh ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |7,804
|22.99%
|-
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |
|Shee Chee Weng ([[Independent (politician)|IND]])
|align="right" |72
|align="right" |0.21%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]'''<ref name="undiinfo"/><ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|access-date=19 June 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="GE14 results"/><ref name="The Star GE14"/>
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|rowspan=4|'''P109 [[Kapar (federal constituency)|Kapar]]'''
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Manikavasagam Sundram'''}} ([[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|'''PKR''']])
|align="right" |'''48,196'''
|'''57.31%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Komala Devi M Perumal ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|align="right" |35,899
|42.69%
|87,286
|12,297
|77.78%
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
|rowspan=3 bgcolor="{{Party color|Parti Rakyat Malaysia}}" |
|rowspan=3|Manikavasagam Sundram ([[Parti Rakyat Malaysia|PRM]])
|rowspan=3 align=right|525
|rowspan=3 align=right|0.49%
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid]]'''}} ([[Keadilan|'''PKR''']])
|align="right" |'''47,731'''
|'''44.99%'''
|rowspan=3|107,829
|rowspan=3|16,306
|rowspan=3|86.27%
|-
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Mohana Muniandy Raman ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|align="right" |26,412
|24.90%
|-
| {{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|Abdul Rani Osman}} ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align=“right” |31,425
|29.62%
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 16:34, 6 December 2024

Not to be confused with V. Manickavasagam.

In this Indian name, the name Sundram is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Manickavasagam. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.
Manikavasagam Sundram
மாணிக்கவாசகம் சுந்தரம்
Vice President of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 March 2024
PresidentRohana Ariffin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kapar
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byKomala Devi M Perumal
(BN–MIC)
Succeeded byManivannan Gowindasamy
(PR–PKR)
Majority12,297 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Manikavasagam s/o Sundram

(1965-06-27) 27 June 1965 (age 59)
Selangor, Malaysia
Political partyParti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)
(1999–2000, since 2018)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(2000–2018)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2015–2018)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • social activist

Manikavasagam s/o Sundram (Tamil: சு. மாணிக்கவாசகம்) (born 27 June 1965[1]) is a Malaysian politician and social activist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapar from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), a component party of formerly Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and BA coalitions. He has served as the Vice President of PRM since March 2024.

Political career

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Manikavasagam was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, winning the seat of Kapar, previously held by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2] Before his election, Manikavasagam was a prominent leader in the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF).[3][4]

In December 2008, Manikavasagam announced he would leave PKR, citing disappointment with the party's leadership in Selangor.[5] He eventually resigned from a leadership position within PKR, but not from the party itself.[6]

In June 2009, an arrest warrant was issued for Manikavasagam after he allegedly refused to respond to a subpoena to testify at an inquest into the death of an actress.[7] Manikavasagam applied to have the warrant set aside,[8] and eventually testified at the inquest.[9] Less than two weeks later, he was arrested over an unrelated public demonstration.[10]

PKR did not renominate Manikavasagam to defend his Kapar parliamentary seat in the 2013 election. He contested the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Bukit Melawati instead, losing to a United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) candidate. In 2014 he was suspended from PKR for making allegations of "money politics" against the Selangor Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim. After the lifting of his suspension, he challenged Khalid for the leadership for the Selangor division of PKR, and won, part of a series of events culminating in Khalid's downfall as Chief Minister later in the year.[11][12][13]

On 7 April 2018, he announced that he has rejoined Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), a party which he first joined in 1999 before leaving for PKR in 2000. He also contested for the Kapar parliamentary seat and Meru state seat in the 2018 election under PRM ticket but lost both.[14][15]

Election results

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Selangor State Legislative Assembly[16][17][18][19][20]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 N10 Bukit Melawati Manikavasagam Sundram (PKR) 6,490 45.99% Jakiran Jacomah (UMNO) 7,296 51.70% 14,113 806 87.60%
2018 N42 Meru Manikavasagam Sundram (PRM) 346 1.02% Mohd Fakhrulrazi Mohd Mokhtar (AMANAH) 17,665 52.04% 34,448 9,608 88.12%
Khairul Anuar Saimun (UMNO) 8,057 23.74%
Noor Najhan Mohd Salleh (PAS) 7,804 22.99%
Shee Chee Weng (IND) 72 0.21%
Parliament of Malaysia[18][21][19][20]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 P109 Kapar Manikavasagam Sundram (PKR) 48,196 57.31% Komala Devi M Perumal (MIC) 35,899 42.69% 87,286 12,297 77.78%
2018 Manikavasagam Sundram (PRM) 525 0.49% Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PKR) 47,731 44.99% 107,829 16,306 86.27%
Mohana Muniandy Raman (MIC) 26,412 24.90%
Abdul Rani Osman (PAS) 31,425 29.62%

References

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  1. ^ "YB Manikavasagam". S. Manikavasagam: official blog. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Malaysian police break up ethnic Indian rally". NBC News. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ Zappei, Julia (16 February 2008). "Malaysian Police Break Up Indian Rally". Fox News. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Manikavasagam holds off on quit decision (updated)". The Star. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  6. ^ Goh, Lisa (1 January 2009). "Kapar MP quits party post". The Star. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Arrest warrant issued against Kapar MP Manikavasagam". The Sun (Malaysia). 23 June 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  8. ^ Goh, Lisa (24 June 2009). "Manikavasagam applies to set aside arrest order (Update)". The Star. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  9. ^ Hamdan, Nurbaiti (9 July 2009). "Kapar MP: Vell Paari behaved as if he lost his wife at Sujata's funeral". The Star. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  10. ^ Rajendra, Edward (17 July 2009). "Seven arrested outside MACC office, all later released (Update)". The Star. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  11. ^ "Khalid defeated in PKR division polls". The Rakyat Post. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  12. ^ Syed Jaymal Zahiid (15 April 2013). "PKR names three new faces for Selangor contest". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  13. ^ Jamilah Kamarudin (16 May 2014). "Suspended PKR member begs party to allow him to take on Khalid in polls". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  14. ^ "PRM announces candidates for 15 parliamentary, state seats in Selangor". Bernama. The Malay Mail. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Keluar PKR, bekas MP Kapar kembali ke PRM". The Star (in Malay). mStar. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  16. ^ "2013 Malaysia General Election SELANGOR N10 Bukit Melawati". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 June 2016. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  17. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum 13 Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri 2013". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  19. ^ a b "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  20. ^ a b "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  21. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 19 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.



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