Parthiban Karuppiah

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

Parthiban s/o Karuppiah (Tamil: கே. பார்திபன்) is a Malaysian politician of Indian (specifically Tamil) descent, or known as K. Parthiban. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and has been the party's Tanjung Karang division secretary since 2002. In 2003, he was appointed as a special officer to the former Tanjung Karang MP, Datuk Noh Omar.^[1]

Parthiban Karuppiah KMN AMN
பார்த்திபன் கருப்பையா
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Ijok
In office 28 April 2007 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah (BN–MIC)
Succeeded by	Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (PR–PKR)
Majority	1,850 (2007)
Personal details
Born	Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia
Party	Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) (–2023) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (2023–present)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician, teacher

Early life

Parthiban was born in Ladang Raja Musa, Kuala Selangor district, Selangor. He attended the Seri Kota Teachers' Training College in Kuala Lumpur before enrolling in the University of Malaya, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree and later a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Education Management.^[1]

Parthiban was as a teacher from 1994 to 2006 at various schools in Tanjung Karang and Kuala Selangor prior to entering politics.

Politic career

On 16 April 2007, despite being a relative novice in politics, Parthiban was chosen as the BN candidate in the 2007 Ijok by-election.^[1] Parthiban eventually defeated Khalid Ibrahim of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in a straight fight.

In the 2008 Malaysian general elections, Parthiban Karuppiah contested in the N10 Bukit Melawati, Selangor State Legislative Assembly and eventually lost to Muthiah a/l Maria Pillay from PKR by a slim majority of 297 votes.

Parthiban was dismissed from MIC after pledge support for PN in 2023 August state election.^[2][3]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[4][5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2007	N11 Ijok		Parthiban Karuppiah (MIC)	5,884	59.33%		Abdul Khalid Ibrahim (PKR)	4,034	40.67%	10,052	1,850	81.90%
2008	N10 Bukit Melawati		Parthiban Karuppiah (MIC)	4,444	48.38%		Muthiah Maria Pillay (PKR)	4,741	51.62%	9,707	297	75.27%
2013	N11 Ijok		Parthiban Karuppiah (MIC)	7,783	47.73%		Idris Ahmad (PKR)	8,522	52.27%	16,638	739	89.26%
2018			Parthiban Karuppiah (MIC)	6,800	34.46%		Idris Ahmad (PKR)	8,914	45.18%	20,167	2,114	87.40%
							Jefri Mejan (PAS)	3,942	19.98%
							Kumaran Tamil Dassen (PRM)	76	0.39%

Honours

• Malaysia
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2014)^[6]
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2011)^[7]