Sivalingam Arumugam

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.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah DPMS KMN
கே. சிவலிங்கம்
Member of the Selangor State Executive Council
In office 1997 – 4 April 2007
Monarch	Salahuddin
Menteri Besar	Abu Hassan Omar (1997–2000) Mohamad Khir Toyo (2000–2007)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Ijok
In office 25 April 1995 – 4 April 2007
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Parthiban Karuppiah (BN–MIC)
Majority	6,797 (1995) 3,166 (1999) 1,649 (2004)
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Seri Cahaya
In office 21 October 1990 – 25 April 1995
Preceded by	M. Mahalingam (BN–MIC)
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Majority	1,317 (1990)
Personal details
Born	Jan 1948 Selangor, Malaysia
Died	4 April 2007 (aged 59) Chennai, India
Political party	Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician, Journalist

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]

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

Selangor State Legislative Assembly[4][5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1990	N12 Seri Cahaya		Sivalingam Arumugam (MIC)	5,405	55.75%		Mohd Shahir (S46)	4,088	42.17%	10,138	1,317	74.70%
							Suhaimi Amnan (IND)	202	2.08%
1995	N11 Ijok		Sivalingam Arumugam (MIC)	8,486	76.02%		Sinniah Periannan (DAP)	1,689	15.13%	11,163	6,797	68.56%
1999			Sivalingam Arumugam (MIC)	6,567	58.57%		Krishnan Veeriah (DAP)	3,401	30.33%	11,747	3,166	69.73%
							Mohd Yusof Ab. Rahim (IND)	1,245	11.10%
2004			Sivalingam Arumugam (MIC)	5,213	57.35%		Abdol Raman Moharam (PKR)	3,564	39.21%	9,376	1,649	75.59%
							Mohd Shariff Nagoorkani (IND)	313	3.44%

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1996)[6]
•  Selangor :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (DPMS) – Dato' (1999)[7]

Notes and references

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. "Selangor exco K Sivalingam dies (subscription required)". malaysiakini.com. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
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. "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. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
6. "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1996" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
7. "DPMS 1999". awards.selangor.gov.my.