Murugiah Thopasamy

In this Indian name, the name Thopasamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Murugiah. The abbreviation "s/o" or "d/o", if used, means "son of" or "daughter of" respectively.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Murugiah Thopasamy DPMP KMN
Vice-President of the Malaysian Indian Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018 Serving with Mohan Thangarasu Asojan Muniyandy Vell Paari Samy Vellu Kohilan Pillai Appu
President	Vigneswaran Sanasee
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office 19 March 2008 – 15 May 2013
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak
Personal details
Born	Murugiah a/l Thopasamy
Political party	People's Progressive Party (PPP) (–2010) Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) (2010–present)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician

Murugiah s/o Thopasamy is a Malaysian politician He served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from March 2008 to May 2013 in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak respectively. He was a Senator from 2008 to 2013. He is member of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) and was a member of People's Progressive Party (PPP)

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P076 Teluk Intan, Perak		Murugiah Thopasamy (MIC)	12,304	19.17%		Nga Kor Ming (DAP)	33,133	51.61%	65,128	15,169	73.60%
							Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (BERSATU)	17,964	27.98%
							Ahmad Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi (PEJUANG)	793	1.24%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2008)
• Perak :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (2009)