Saraswathy Kandasami

Saraswathy Kandasami is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Ewon Benedick as well as Senator since December 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She has served as the Vice President of PKR since July 2022.[1][2]

Yang Berhormat Senator
Saraswathy Kandasami
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives
Assumed office
10 December 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterEwon Benedick
Preceded byMuslimin Yahaya
ConstituencySenator
Senator
Assumed office
10 December 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
Vice President of the People's Justice Party
Assumed office
20 July 2022
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Personal details
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer

Political career

Vice President of the People's Justice Party (since 2022)

After the 2022 PKR party election on 20 July 2022, President of PKR Anwar appointed Saraswathy as the Vice President of PKR, serving alongside four elected vice presidents Amirudin Shari, Aminuddin Harun, Chang Lih Kang and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad as well as two appointed vice presidents Nurul Izzah Anwar and Awang Husaini Sahari.

Candidate for the Member of Parliament (2022)

In the 2022 general election, Saraswathy made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Tapah federal seat. She lost to defending MP Saravanan Murugan of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 5,064 votes.

Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives & Senator (since 2022)

On 10 December 2022, Prime Minister Anwar appointed Saraswathy as Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives, deputising for Minister Ewon. As she was not an MP, Sarawasthy was also appointed as Senator for her to hold the deputy ministerial position.

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P072 Tapah, Perak Saraswathy Kandasami (PKR) 13,334 29.98% Saravanan Murugan (MIC) 18,398 41.36% 44,481 5,064 71.81%
Muhammad Yadzan Mohamad (BERSATU) 12,115 27.24%
Mior Nor Haidir Suhaimi (PEJUANG) 335 0.75%
Mohamed Akbar Sherrif Ali Yasin (Warisan) 200 0.45%
M.Kathiravan (Independent) 99 0.22%

References
  1. "Saraswathy A/P Kandasami, HON. Senator Puan". Senate. Parliament of Malaysia. 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. "List Of Deputy Ministers In Anwar's Cabinet And Their Party". Business Today. Malaysia. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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