Sivanesan Achalingam

2008–2018Democratic Action Party2018–Pakatan Harapan Personal detailsBorn (1956-03-15) 15 March 1956 (age 68)
Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)CitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)Other political
affiliationsPakatan Rakyat (PR)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(aligned:since 2022)OccupationPolitician

Sivanesan a/l Achalingam is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under Menteris Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Ahmad Faizal Azumu and Saarani Mohamad from March 2008 to the collapse of the PR state administration in February 2009, from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 and again since November 2022. He has also served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungkai since March 2008. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition.

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly^[1][2]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N57 Sungkai		Sivanesan Achalingam (DAP)	4,389	40.92%		Ganesan Retanam (MIC)	6,334	59.08%	11,316	1,945	64.23%
2008			Sivanesan Achalingam (DAP)	6,323	56.50%		Veerasingam Suppiah (MIC)	4,869	43.50%	11,719	1,454	67.78%
2013			Sivanesan Achalingam (DAP)	9,314	61.61%		Goh Kim Swee (MCA)	5,803	38.39%	15,393	3,511	80.20%
2018			Sivanesan Achalingam (DAP)	9,631	72.56%		Elango Vadiveloo (MIC)	3,138	23.64%	13,612	6,493	79.50%
							Appalasamy Jetakiah (PAS)	505	3.80%
2022			Sivanesan Achalingam (DAP)	9,549	58.97%		Elango Vadiveloo (MIC)	4,311	26.62%	16,192	5,238	69.27%
							Thilak Raj Gunasekaran (PAS)	1,744	10.77%
							Mahhadee Ramli (IND)	588	3.63%

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