Sivarraajh Chandran

Yang Berhormat Dato'
C. Sivarraajh
MP
சி. சிவராஜ்
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Cameron Highlands, Pahang
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded by Palanivel Govindasamy (IND)
Majority 597 (2018)
Youth Chief of MIC
Assumed office
17 November 2013
Preceded by T. Mohan
Personal details
Born Sivarraajh s/o Chandran
(1976-09-16) 16 September 1976
Lumut, Perak, Malaysia
Political party MIC
Alma mater University of Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Occupation Politician

Dato' Sivarraajh s/o Chandran (Tamil: சி. சிவராஜ், translit. Ci. Civarāj; born 16 September 1976) is a Malaysian politician. Sivarraajh is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in Pahang. He is also currently the Youth Chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and Vice-Chief of National Front or Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth Wing. MIC represents a Malaysian political party and is one of the founding members of the previous ruling coalition, BN that has been in power since the country achieved independence in 1957 until 2018.

Education and Personal Life

Born on 16 September 1976 in Lumut, Perak and later spent his schooling years in Sekolah Menengah Anderson, Ipoh, Perak. Sivaraajh graduated with a Bachelor’s (Hons) in Economics from the University of Malaya.[1] and currently pursuing his Masters in Political Science (Policy Impact Study in New Economic Models) from Universiti Sains Malaysia. His expertise and interest in the field of economics lead to him to be a successful entrepreneur. Being brought up in a mediocre family, he understood the difficult lifestyle in managing daily needs of a family. His father Chandran Nagalingam was a general worker in Telekom Malaysia while his mother Chandra Kaniappan a housewife. He has two siblings named Sri Ganesh and Khayathry. Sivarrajh is married to Malathi Annamalai and has three children named Vassanthraaj, Sivashini and Tivhashinee.

Political career

Sivarraajh political involvement begun in 2004 as member of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). He was later appointed as MIC Youth Secretary from 2008 to 2013.[2]

In 2013 general election, Sivarraajh was fielded as a candidate for the Buntong state assembly seat in Perak, but lost to a DAP candidate Sivasubramaniam A/L Athinarayanan.[3][4]

Following, he was appointed as Youth Chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and Vice-Chief of National Front Barisan Nasional Youth Wing from 2013 to present.[5] In 2011, he became a member of the advisory panel of the Special Affairs Department (JASA), which was the previous Malaysian BN government’s propaganda unit, helping the Director-General of the organisation in formulating political strategies, especially those pertaining to Malaysian Indians and currently appointed as a special officer to the Perak Menteri Besar.[6]

In early 2017, Sivarraajh was appointed as Cameron Highlands Parliamentary Constituency Coordinator. Functional through a locally set up Community Service Centre (Pusat Khidmat Masyarakat Parlimen), Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, its role includes to map needs of the community within the constituency for strategic resource allocation.[7][8]

Sivarraajh contested and won the 2018 general election to become Member of Parliament for Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in Pahang.

MIC Youth Disaster Aid Centre (MYDAC)

In 2014, as the Chief of MIC Youth Wing Sivarraajh established MIC Youth Disaster Aid Centre (MYDAC) to enable organised assistance delivered during natural disasters to victims.[9]

Malaysian Indian Youth Consultative Council (MIYCC)

In 2014, he founded the Malaysian Indian Youth Consultative Council (MIYCC), which aims to foster entrepreneurship and economic skills among Indian youths, and currently serves as its advisor.[10] The council is held by esteemed icons of the Indian society in Malaysia such as Datuk Dr. Jeyaindran (Deputy Director General, Ministry of Health), Dato' Param (Former DCP, PDRM), Datuk Bhupat Rai (Board of Directors, International Bank India), En. Ravindran Devagunam (Director, PEMANDU), Professor Sivamurugan Pandian (USM), Dato’ CM Vignaesvaran (Chief Executive,PSMB), and five other individuals. Further, he also launched Action Plan for Malaysian Indian Youth under MIYCC in October 2016 inline with the initiatives takes by the Malaysian Prime Minister to draft plan for the Malaysian Indian Bluerprint.[11]

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly[12][13][14][15]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 N30 Buntong, P65 Ipoh Barat Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC) 4,433 24.79% Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan (DAP) 13,062 71.79% 18,195 8,629 79.64%
Iruthiyam Sebastiar Anthonisamy (IND) 261 1.46%
Mohd Basri Shafie (IND) 127 0.71%
Parliament of Malaysia[12][16][17]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P078 Cameron Highlands, Pahang Sivarraajh Chandran (MIC) 10,307 42.30% M. Manogaran (DAP) 9,710 39.85% 24,365 597 76.03%
Wan Mahadir Wan Mahmud (PAS) 3,587 14.72%
Suresh Kumar Balasubramaniam (PSM) 680 2.79%
Mohd Tahir Kassim (BERJASA) 81 0.33%

References

  1. ↑ Sivarraajh goes for Youth top post The Star Online, Kuala Lumpur, 6 November 2013
  2. ↑ Sivarraajh reinstated as MIC Youth secretary, MalaysiaKini, Kuala Lumpur,31 Januari 2012
  3. ↑ MIC Youth demands for more seats in GE14, The Malaysian Times, Kuala Lumpur 15 October 2016
  4. ↑ Showdown looming in MIC Youth, The Star Online, Kuala Lumpur, 7 November 2013
  5. ↑ Sivarraajh is new MIC Youth chief, TheSunDaily, Kuala Lumpur, 17 November 2013
  6. ↑ Sivarraajh and Mugilan likely to vie for MIC Youth chief post, The Star Online, Petaling Jaya 5 September 2013
  7. ↑ Umno terima Sivarraajh di Cameron Highlands, Sinaran Harian, 6 Oktober 2017
  8. ↑ Tenaga buruh Cameron Highlands berkurangan - Sivarraajh, Utusan Online, 23 Januari 2018
  9. ↑ MIC Youth launches MyDAC to help out flood victims, The Sun Daily, Kuala Lumpur, 30 December 2014
  10. ↑ MIC Youth to send special report on Indians to PM’s Office, The Rakyat Post, Kuala Lumpur, 16 Jan 2014
  11. ↑ MIYCC Rangka Pelan Tindakan Pembangunan Belia India Malaysia 2016-2018, Bernama,Kuala Lumpur, 10 Februari 2016
  12. 1 2 "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  13. ↑ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 5 May 2013. Results only available for the 2013 election.
  14. ↑ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  17. ↑ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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