| Karupaiya Muthusami | |
| Constituency Mp: | Padang Serai |
| Parliament: | Malaysian |
| Term Start: | 9 May 2018 |
| Term End: | 16 November 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Surendran Nagarajan (PH–PKR) |
| Successor: | Azman Nasrudin (PN–BERSATU) |
| Majority: | 8,813 (2018) |
| Office1: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm1: | 2018–2022 |
| Suboffice1: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Birth Name: | Karupaiya s/o Muthusami |
| Birth Place: | Padang Serai, Kedah, Federation of Malaya |
| Death Place: | Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
Karupaiya s/o Muthusami (Tamil: கருப்பையா முத்துசாமி|Karuppaiyā muttucāmi, 4 February 1953 – 16 November 2022) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Padang Serai from May 2018 to his death in November 2022.[1] He was a member and Division Chief of Padang Serai of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. He was also patron of both the Malaysian Indian Armed Forces (PERIM) and the Former Malaysian Armed Forces as well as member of the board of the Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS) of the Bukit Mertajam Tamil School.[2] [3]
On 16 November 2022, Karupaiya died from a heart attack while campaigning for the 2022 general election. He was seeking the second term as the Padang Serai MP by contesting in the election representing PH and PKR after serving the first from 2018 to his death in 2022 for four years.[4] Later the same day, the Election Commission (EC) offered its condolences to his family while informing that the EC would hold a special meeting two days later on 18 November 2022, which was also a day prior to the election to decide on the dates of the Padang Serai election. He explained that the EC had received an Election Writ by the Managing Officer in Padang Serai over the death of Karupaiya.[5]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P017 Padang Serai, Kedah | (PKR) | 31,724 | 45.27% | Muhammad Sobri Osman (PAS) | 22,911 | 32.69% | 71,157 | 8,813 | 83.88% | |||
| Leong Yong Kong (MCA) | 15,449 | 22.04% | |||||||||||