Manogaran s/o Marimuthu (born 14 July 1959), commonly referred to as M. Manogaran is a

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politician. He was the Member of

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for the constituency of

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, Perak, for one term from 2008 to 2013, as a member of the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the ...

(DAP) in the opposition

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(PR) coalition previously and governing

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(PH) presently. Manogaran is a lawyer by profession. In the 2008 general election, Manogaran won the

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constituency of

, Perak on a DAP ticket. He ran against the incumbent,

Mah Siew Keong Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong (; Hokchew BUC: ''Má Siù-Khhíong''; born 17 June 1961) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the Barisan Nasi ...

, Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Agro-based Industries and Youth Chief of

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(Gerakan). Percentage figures based on total turnout. He contested the parliamentary seat of

Cameron Highlands The Cameron Highlands ( ms, Tanah Tinggi Cameron, , ta, கேமரன் மலை) is a district in Pahang, Malaysia, occupying an area of . To the north, its boundary touches that of Kelantan; to the west, it shares part of its border with ...

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in the 2013 general election, and was defeated by government minister G. Palanivel who was the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) President then. In the 2018 general election, he ran again for the Cameron Highlands seat but lost again in a five-corners contest this time to MIC Vice-President

Sivarraajh Chandran Malay titles, Dato' Sivarraajh s/o Chandran ( ta, சி. சிவராஜ், Ci. Civarāj; born 16 September 1976) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician who served as the Dewan Rakyat, Member of Parliament (MP) for Cameron Highlands ( ...

by 597 votes majority. However the victory was nullified by the Election Court on 30 November 2018 after it allowed the election petition filed by Manogaran that corrupt practices were committed by Sivarraajh in the 14th general election. He was picked as the PH candidate to re-contest again in the four-cornered fight in 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election. But he lost again to

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(BN)'s indigenous Orang Asli direct candidate

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in the by-election.

Controversies

On 3 April 2010, Manogaran was arrested for holding demonstration with activists at Batu Caves to protest the usage of "

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" novel which contained derogatory words to Malaysian Indians community in the syllabus for the Malay Literature subject as compulsory reading for students in Form 5 (Secondary 5) in schools throughout Malaysia. On 9 January 2019 Manogaran as the PH candidate for the 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election had made insensitive remarks citing the perception that "Malays don't even buy ''

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'' from Orang Asli vendors" analogy regarding BN fielding Orang Asli candidate causing him to apologise and express regrets for his action only a day later. On Polling Day, M. Manogaran, wore a shirt bearing party logo to a polling station against the election rules and he was asked to leave by the Election Commission (EC)’s officer.

Election results

Note: ¹ The Election Court has on the 30 November 2018, nullified Sivarraajh's election for the element of corrupted practices and enabled 2019 Cameron Highlands by-election to be held. Sivarraajh was banned for five years.

References

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