Manivannan Gowindasamy

Manivannan s/o Gowindasamy (Tamil: கொ. மணிவண்ணன், romanized: Ko. Maṇivaṇṇaṉ) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Kapar from 2013 to 2018.[1] He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition then.

In this Indian name, the name Gowindasamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Manivannan.
Manivannan Gowindasamy
கொ. மணிவண்ணன்
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kapar, Selangor
In office
2013–2018
Preceded byS. Manikavasagam (PKR–PH)
Succeeded byAbdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PKR–PH)
Personal details
Born
Manivannan s/o Gowindasamy

Malaysia
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
OccupationPolitician

On 28 Nov 2017 Manivannan resigned as PKR's secretary whip after his error on the omission of an opposition vote during a tabulation of bloc vote on Budget 2018 he called in the parliament earlier.[2]

In the 2018 election, Manivannan contested as PKR candidate in the Perak State Legislative Assembly constituency of Hutan Melintang instead but lost to the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in a three corner fight with Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate.[3]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: P109 Kapar, Selangor.[4][5][6]
Year Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 Manivannan Gowindasamy (PKR) 69,849 56.17% Sakthivel Alagappan (MIC) 46,059 37.05% 127,023 23,790 88.11%
Mohd Pathan Hussin (Berjasa) 6,289 5.06%
Norhamzah Suratman (IND) 1,067 0.86%
Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz (IND) 835 0.67%
Palaya Rengaiah (IND) 231 0.19%
Perak State Legislative Assembly: N54 Hutan Melintang, Perak[7]
Year Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 Manivannan Gowindasamy (PKR) 10,220 41.79% Khairuddin bin Tarmizi (UMNO) 10,961 44.82% 25,048 741 80.20%
Mohd Misbahul Munir Masduki (PAS) 3,150 12.88%

See also

References
  1. "You are being redirected..." Parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. Martin Carvalho, Hemananthani Sivanandam, Loshana K. Shagar, and Rahmah Ghazali (28 November 2017). "Kapar MP resigns over bloc vote error". The Star. Retrieved 22 April 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Ho Kit Yen (28 September 2018). "Court affirms Umno's victory in 3 Perak state seats". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  5. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  6. "PRU13:P109 Kapar". WARTAWAN SINAR HARIAN (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018. Results only available for the 2008 election and 2013 election.
  7. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perak". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 29 July 2018.


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