John Fernandez (Malaysian politician)
John Fernandez | |
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ஜொஹ்ன் பெர்னாண்டஸ் | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | |
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Hon Choon Kim (MCA— BN) |
Succeeded by | Loke Siew Fook (DAP— PR) |
Personal details | |
Born | Selangor, British Malaya (now Malaysia) | 9 December 1941
Political party | DAP— Pakatan Rakyat |
Occupation | Politician |
John Fernandez (Tamil: ஜொஹ்ன் பெர்னாண்டஸ்) (born 9 December 1941) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Seremban constituency in the state of Negeri Sembilan from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition.
He was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election winning the seat of Seremban from the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1]
Ahead of the 2013 election, he quit the DAP, protesting the lack of Indians being fielded as party election candidates, and recontested Seremban as an independent candidate.[2] He lost to the candidate of his former party, Loke Siew Fook, after obtaining only 221 votes out of the 87,632 total votes cast, losing his deposit.[3]
Election results[]
Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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1986 | N23 Jimah, P108 Rasah | John Fernandez (PPPM) | 64 | 0.66% | Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 4,571 | 46.82% | 9,762 | 224 | 78.33% | ||
M Kuppusamy (DAP) | 4,795 | 49.12% | ||||||||||
2004 | N33 Port Dickson, P132 Telok Kemang | John Fernandez (DAP) | 3,061 | 36.63% | Rajagopalu Thamotharapillay (MIC) | 4,954 | 59.29% | 8,356 | 1,893 | 68.44% |
Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
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2008 | P128 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | John Fernandez (DAP) | 32,970 | 53.18% | Yu Chok Tow (MCA) | 29,022 | 46.82% | 64,437 | 3,948 | 76.10% | ||
2013 | John Fernandez (IND) | 221 | 0.26% | Loke Siew Fook (DAP) | 45,628 | 53.12% | 87,617 | 12,553 | 85.64% | |||
Yeow Chai Thiam (MCA) | 33,075 | 38.52% | ||||||||||
Abd Halim Abdullah (Berjasa) | 6,866 | 8.00% | ||||||||||
Bujang Abu (IND) | 83 | 0.10% |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ Bendahara, Alang. "Ex-Seremban MP John Fernandez quits DAP". NST. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia. "Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia 13 – Kedudukan kerusi bagi parlimen: P128 Seremban". Archived from the original on 23 April 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
- ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- Living people
- Malaysian politicians of Indian descent
- 1941 births
- People from Selangor
- Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians
- Independent politicians in Malaysia
- Members of the Dewan Rakyat
- Malaysian politician stubs