K._Sivalingam

K. Sivalingam

K. Sivalingam

Malaysian politician

Dato' Sivalingam s/o Arumugam Karuppiah better known as K. Sivalingam (Tamil: கே. சிவலிங்கம்) (January 1948 - 4 April 2007) was a Malaysian politician of Indian descent. He was aligned to the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and was the Selangor state MIC deputy chairman.[1]

In this Indian name, the name Arumugam Karuppiah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sivalingam. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.
Quick Facts Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Ijok, Preceded by ...

Political career

Prior to entering politics, Sivalingam was involved in journalism. He joined the MIC in 1968 at the age of 20, and by 1986 he was elected as a senator by the Selangor state legislative assembly.[2] Sivalingam contested the Selangor state constituency of Seri Cahaya in the 1990 general election as a rookie candidate and won. In the 1995 general election, he contested the Ijok state constituency and won comfortably, beating a Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate. In 1997, he was appointed as a member of the Selangor state executive council, a position he held up to his death.[2] He retained the Ijok seat in the 1999 and 2004 general elections.[2]

Death

On 4 April 2007, en route a leisure trip to southern India with his daughter and son-in-law, Sivalingam died from a heart attack in Chennai, India, upon arrival at the Chennai International Airport from Kuala Lumpur.[3] His death prompted the 2007 Ijok by-election to elect a successor representative for his former constituency.

Election results

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Honours

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "Selangor MIC deputy chief Sivalingam dies at 61". thestar.com.my. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Selangor exco K Sivalingam dies (subscription required)". malaysiakini.com. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  3. [3]
    Vijian, P. (5 April 2007). "Selangor Exco Member Sivalingam Dies Of Heart Attack In Chennai". bernama.com.my. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  4. [4]
    "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. [5]
    "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  6. [6]
    "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1996" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
  7. [7]
    "DPMS 1996". awards.selangor.gov.my.
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