Raven Kumar Krishnasamy

Raven Kumar Krishnasamy is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi since March 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tenggaroh since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the Youth Chief of MIC since October 2021. His father is Krishnasamy Shiman, the Tenggaroh MLA from 1990 to his assassination in an MIC building in 2008.[1][2]

Raven Kumar Krishnasamy
ராவன் குமார் கிருஷ்ணாசம்
Member of the
Johor State Executive Council
(Tourism, Environment, Culture & Heritage :
26 March 2022–13 February 2024 &
Unity, Culture & Heritage :
since 13 February 2024)
Assumed office
13 February 2024
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Menteri BesarOnn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded byHimself
(Culture & Heritage)
Ling Tian Soon
(Unity)
ConstituencyTenggaroh
In office
26 March 2022 – 13 February 2024
MonarchIbrahim Iskandar
Menteri BesarOnn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded byOnn Hafiz Ghazi
(Tourism)
Vidyananthan Ramanadhan
(Environment)
Mazlan Bujang
(Culture & Heritage)
Succeeded byHimself
(Culture & Heritage)
Onn Hafiz Ghazi
(Tourism)
Ling Tian Soon
(Environment)
ConstituencyTenggaroh
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
for Tenggaroh
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byMurukasvary Thanarajan
(BNMIC)
Majority1,356 (2022)
Youth Chief of the
Malaysian Indian Congress
Assumed office
22 October 2021
PresidentVigneswaran Sanasee
Preceded byThinalan T Rajagopalu
Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly
2013–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
BornJohor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Parent
OccupationPolitician

Election results

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Johor State Legislative Assembly[3][4][5][6]
YearConstituencyVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013TenggarohRaven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)17,054Murugan Muthu Samy (PKR)4,04021,76813,01485.50%
2018Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)12,309Rohamizon Abdul Ghani (PKR)6,54423,0255,76580.40%
A. Rahman A. Hamid (PAS)3,543
2022Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)10,528Roslan Nikmat (PAS)9,17221,4421,35655.83%
Zulinah A Johari (PKR)1,529
Mohd Firdaus Abd Rahman (PEJUANG)213

References

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  1. ^ "Ketua Pemuda, Putera dan Puteri MIC menang tanpa bertanding, persaingan bagi Ketua Wanita". Bernama (in Malay). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ "MIC Youth, Putera and Puteri Chief posts won uncontested". The Star. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
  4. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  6. ^ "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 2022-03-13.