Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj
Election results
Table:
Parliament of Malaysia: P62 Sungai Siput, Perak[7][8][4][9][10][11][12]

Year

Votes

Pct

Opponent(s)

Votes

Pct

Ballots cast

Majority

Turnout

1999

Michael Jeyakumar (DAP)1

12,221

40.38%

Samy Vellu (MIC)

17,480

57.75%

31,165

5,259

63.62%

Mohd Asri Othman (MDP)

565

1.87%

2004

Michael Jeyakumar (PKR)2

8,680

28.37%

Samy Vellu (MIC)

19,029

62.19%

31,583

10,349

67.51%

Shanmugam Ponmugam Ponnan (DAP)

2,890

9.44%

2008

Michael Jeyakumar (PKR)2

16,458

49.64%

Samy Vellu (MIC)

14,637

44.15%

33,154

1,821

69.91%

Nor Rizan Oon (IND)

867

2.61%

2013

Michael Jeyakumar (PKR)2

21,593

51.89%

S.K. Devamany (MIC)

18,800

45.17%

41,617

2,793

80.70%

Nagalingam Singaravelloo (IND)

197

0.47%

2018

Michael Jeyakumar (PSM)

1,505

3.52%

S.K. Devamany (MIC)

15,210

35.60%

42,726

5,607

79.16%

Kesavan Subramaniam (PKR)

20,817

48.72%

Ishak Ibrahim (PAS)

5,194

12.16%

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