Papparaidu Veraman

In this Indian name, the name Veraman is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Papparaidu. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.

Papparaidu s/o Veraman is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Banting since August 2023. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has also served the State Assistant Organising Secretary of DAP of Selangor since November 2021. He is also presently the only Selangor EXCO Member of Indian ethnicity and the younger brother of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Klang Ganabatirau Veraman.^{[citation needed]}

Yang Berhormat Tuan Papparaidu Veraman MLA
Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (Human Resources, Poverty Eradication, Indigenous and Minority Affairs & Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism)[note 1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 2023 Serving with Ng Sze Han & Ng Suee Lim (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism)
Monarch	Sharafuddin
Menteri Besar	Amirudin Shari
Preceded by	Hee Loy Sian (Indigenous Affairs) Portfolios established (Human Resources, Poverty Eradication, Minority Affairs & Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism)
Constituency	Banting
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Banting
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Lau Weng San (PH–DAP)
Majority	22,102 (2023)
State Assistant Organising Secretary of the Democratic Action Party of Selangor
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 November 2021 Serving with Tony Leong Tuck Chee (2021–2024) & Lee Fu Haw (since 2024)
Secretary-General	Lim Guan Eng (2021–2022) Anthony Loke Siew Fook (since 2022)
State Chairman	Gobind Singh Deo (2021–2024) Ng Sze Han (since 2024)
State Organising Secretary	Lau Weng San (2021–2024) Tiew Way Keng (since 2024)
Preceded by	Lau Weng San
Personal details
Born	Papparaidu a/l Veraman
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Relations	Ganabatirau Veraman (older brother)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (since 2023)

In the 2023 Selangor state election, the ruling PH and Barisan Nasional (BN) won a simple majority in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly and was reelected to power. Following that, Sungai Tua MLA Amirudin of PH was reappointed the Menteri Besar. Papparaidu was appointed the Selangor EXCO Member and given the portfolios of Human Resources, Poverty Eradication, Indigenous and Minority Affairs as well as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (LIMAS) by Menteri Besar Amirudin on 21 and 23 August 2023 respectively.^[1][2]

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Selangor state election

In the 2023 Selangor state election, Papparaidu made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest the Banting state seat. Papparaidu won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Banting MLA for the first term after defeating Saravanan Mutto Krishnan of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and independent candidate Ang Wei Yang by a majority of 22,102 votes.^[3]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2023	N52 Banting		Papparaidu Veraman (DAP)	27,223	80.58%		Saravanan Mutto Krishnan (GERAKAN)	5,121	15.16%	33,783	22,102	75.12%
							Ang Wei Yang (IND)	1,439	4.26%

Notes

1. Assumed portfolios on 23 August 2023.

References

1. "10 sworn in as Selangor state excos, including one from Umno". Malaysiakini. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
2. "Selangor MB announces 10 exco portfolios, takes on five". New Straits Times. 23 August 2023.
3. "Selangor polls: Official Results". New Straits Times. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
4. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Selangor ke-15". Retrieved 15 September 2023.