Kumaresan Aramugam

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

Yang Berhormat Tuan
Kumaresan Aramugam
MLA
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Batu Uban
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byJayabalan Thambyappa
(PR–PKR)
Majority17,273 (2018)
16,708 (2023)
Personal details
Born
Kumaresan a/l Aramugam

Batu Gajah, Perak
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Alma materSMK Sultan Yussuf
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Kumaresan a/l Aramugam is a Malaysian politician. A member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), he has been the member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly representing Batu Uban since 2018.

Education

He is from Batu Gajah, Perak. He studied in SMK Sultan Yussuf and got his Bachelor of Management degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia.[citation needed]

When he was studying in USM, he was active in campus activities and was the Director of Publicity of USM Indian Cultural Association. He was also an intern staff in the office of Sim Tze Tzin, Member of Parliament for Bayan Baru.[1]

Participation in NGO

He was given the role of coordinator of PKR Citizenship Program in Penang. Together with N. Surendran, a humanitarian lawyer, he had established a task force to help stateless people and children to get their citizenship and to get to school in Penang.[2][3][4] He was the Chairman of Malaysia Indian Youth Council and the Chairman of Hindu Youth Organisation Bayan Baru.[1]

Politics

He was a member of Penang Island City Council for four terms from 2014 to 2018 and was the youngest member of PKR. He is currently the Vice President of PKR Penang State Leadership Council and Chief of AMK of Bayan Baru branch. He was the Secretary of PKR Bayan Baru branch from 2013 to 2018 and Member of Executive council of National AMK from 2014 to 2018.[1]

Election result

Penang State Legislative Assembly[5]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N35 Batu Uban Kumaresan Aramugam (PKR) 21,079 79.47% Hng Chee Wey (Gerakan) 3,806 14.35% 26,523 17,273 83.08%
Vikneswaran Muniandy (PAS) 1,176 4.43%
Teoh Kok Siang (MUP) 116 0.44%
Teoh Kean Liang (PFP) 32 0.12%
2023 Kumaresan Aramugam (PKR) 22,773 76.83% Mok Kok On (Gerakan) 6,065 20.46% 29,641 16,708 68.41%
Lee Kim Noor (MUDA) 803 2.71%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kumaresan A/L Aramugam". PRU @ Sinar Harian. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ "salinan arkib". Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "salinan arkib". Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ Mok, Opalyn (11 January 2018). "In Penang, stateless children appeal to be allowed to attend school". Malay Mail. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ^ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 12 June 2022.