M. Manogaran

Not to be confused with M. Manoharan.

In this Indian name, the name Marimuthu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Manogaran.
Manogaran Marimuthu
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Telok Intan
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byMah Siew Keong
(BN–Gerakan)
Succeeded bySeah Leong Peng
(PR–DAP)
Majority1,470 (2008)
Personal details
Born (1959-07-14) 14 July 1959 (age 65)
Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
ChildrenThulsi Thivani Manogaran (daughter)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitemanogaran.wordpress.com
M. Manogaran on Facebook

Manogaran s/o Marimuthu (born 14 July 1959), commonly referred to as M. Manogaran is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Teluk Intan from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.[1][2] He is also the father of Thulsi Thivani Manogaran, Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Buntong.

In the 2008 general election, Manogaran won the federal seat of Teluk Intan on a DAP ticket. He ran against the incumbent, Mah Siew Keong, Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Agro-based Industries and Youth Chief of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN).[3] He contested the parliamentary seat of Cameron Highlands, Pahang in the 2013 general election, and was defeated by government minister G. Palanivel who was the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) President then.[4]

In the 2018 general election, he ran again for the Cameron Highlands seat but lost again in a five-corners contest this time to MIC Vice-President Sivarraajh Chandran by 597 votes majority. However the victory was nullified by the Election Court on 30 November 2018 after it allowed the election petition filed by Manogaran that corrupt practices were committed by Sivarraajh in the 14th general election.[5] He was picked as the PH candidate to re-contest again in the four-cornered fight in 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election.[6] But he lost again to Barisan Nasional (BN)'s indigenous Orang Asli direct candidate Ramli Mohd Nor in the by-election.[7]

  1. ^ "Manogaran a/l Marimuthu, Y.B. Tuan" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Sivaji fan". The Star. Star Publications. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. ^ "Palanivel, Manogaran, three more vie for Cameron Highlands". Malaysian Insider. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ^ Hong, Bede (30 November 2018). "MIC loses Cameron Highlands seat over graft case". The Malaysian Insight. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  6. ^ Ivan Loh and Joseph Kaos Jr (12 January 2019). "Four-cornered fight for Cameron Highlands seat". The Star Online. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. ^ Joseph Kaos Jr (26 January 2019). "It's official: BN's Ramli wins Camerons polls". The Star Online. Retrieved 26 January 2019.