| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' |
| Sivalingam Arumugam Karuppiah | |
| Native Name Lang: | Tamil language |
| Birth Date: | Jan 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Selangor, Malaysia |
| Death Date: | 4 April 2007 (aged 59) |
| Death Place: | Chennai, India |
| Office: | Member of the Selangor State Executive Council |
| Term Start: | 1997 |
| Term End: | 4 April 2007 |
| 1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata: | Abu Hassan Omar (1997–2000) Mohamad Khir Toyo (2000–2007) |
| Constituency Am2: | Ijok |
| Assembly2: | Selangor State Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 25 April 1995 |
| Term End2: | 4 April 2007 |
| Predecessor2: | Constituency created |
| Successor2: | Parthiban Karuppiah (BN–MIC) |
| Majority2: | 6,797 (1995) 3,166 (1999) 1,649 (2004) |
| Constituency Am3: | Seri Cahaya |
| Assembly3: | Selangor State Legislative |
| Term Start3: | 21 October 1990 |
| Term End3: | 25 April 1995 |
| Predecessor3: | M. Mahalingam (BN–MIC) |
| Successor3: | Constituency abolished |
| Majority3: | 1,317 (1990) |
| Party: | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation: | Politician, Journalist |
Dato' Sivalingam s/o Arumugam Karuppiah better known as K. Sivalingam (Tamil: கே. சிவலிங்கம்) (January 1948 - 4 April 2007) was a Malaysian politician of Indian descent. He was aligned to the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and was the Selangor state MIC deputy chairman.[1]
Prior to entering politics, Sivalingam was involved in journalism. He joined the MIC in 1968 at the age of 20, and by 1986 he was elected as a senator by the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.[2] Sivalingam contested the Selangor state constituency of Seri Cahaya in the 1990 general election as a rookie candidate and won. In the 1995 general election, he contested the Ijok state constituency and won comfortably, beating a Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate. In 1997, he was appointed as a member of the Selangor state executive council, a position he held up to his death.[2] He retained the Ijok seat in the 1999 and 2004 general elections.[2]
On 4 April 2007, en route a leisure trip to southern India with his daughter and son-in-law, Sivalingam died from a heart attack in Chennai, India, upon arrival at the Chennai International Airport from Kuala Lumpur.[3] His death prompted the 2007 Ijok by-election to elect a successor representative for his former constituency.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | N12 Seri Cahaya | (MIC) | 5,405 | 55.75% | (S46) | 4,088 | 42.17% | 10,138 | 1,317 | 74.70% | ||||
| (IND) | 202 | 2.08% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | N11 Ijok | (MIC) | 8,486 | 76.02% | (DAP) | 1,689 | 15.13% | 11,163 | 6,797 | 68.56% | ||||
| 1999 | (MIC) | 6,567 | 58.57% | (DAP) | 3,401 | 30.33% | 11,747 | 3,166 | 69.73% | |||||
| (IND) | 1,245 | 11.10% | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | (MIC) | 5,213 | 57.35% | (PKR) | 3,564 | 39.21% | 9,376 | 1,649 | 75.59% | |||||
| (IND) | 313 | 3.44% | ||||||||||||
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