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 and State Assistant Organising Secretary of Selangor of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. 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]

Papparaidu Veraman
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
(Human Resources, Poverty Eradication, Indigenous and Minority Affairs & Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism)[note 1]
Assumed office
21 August 2023
Serving with Ng Sze Han & Ng Suee Lim (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism)
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAmirudin Shari
Preceded byHee Loy Sian
(Indigenous Affairs)
Portfolios established
(Human Resources, Poverty Eradication, Minority Affairs & Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism)
ConstituencyBanting
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Banting
Assumed office
12 August 2023
Preceded byLau Weng San
(PHDAP)
Majority22,102 (2023)
Personal details
Born
Papparaidu Veraman
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
RelationsGanabatirau Veraman (older brother)
OccupationPolitician

Political career

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Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (since 2023)

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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)

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2023 Selangor state election

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Assumed portfolios on 23 August 2023.

References

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  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.