Sivasubramaniam Athinarayanan

Sivasubramaniam a/l Athinarayanan, also known as A. Sivasubramaniam is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Buntong from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party, a component party of the Perikatan Nasional coalition and was a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia, Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, another component party of the PN coalition and Democratic Action Party, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan coalition as well as an independent. During his tenure as the Buntong MLA, he was involved in multiple political defections and party switchings.

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Education

He graduated from the Open University Malaysia with the Bachelor of Business Administration.

Politics

Political defections and party switchings

In March 2020, Sivasubramaniam, along with Tronoh MLA Paul Yong Choo Kiong, were removed from the DAP. This occurred after they defected from the party to support the opposing PN coalition, subsequently becoming independent assemblymen.
Following his removal, Sivasubramaniam joined and left several political parties in quick succession:

June 2020: Joined GERAKAN.
March 2021: Left GERAKAN and joined BERSATU as an associate member, alongside Paul Yong Choo Kiong.
January 2022: Left BERSATU and joined PBM.
September 2022: Left PBM and rejoined BERSATU as an associate member, this time with former Bercham MLA Sum Cheok Leng.

In the 2022 Perak state election, Sivasubramaniam was nominated by PN to defend the Buntong state seat. He suffered a landslide defeat at the hands of Thulsi Thivani Manogaran from PH, and lost his election deposit.