| Kasthuriraani Patto | |
| Birth Name: | Kasthuriraani d/o Patto |
| Office: | Assistant International Secretary of the Democratic Action Party |
| Term Start: | 20 March 2022 |
| 1Blankname: | International Secretary |
| 1Namedata: | Jannie Lasimbang |
| 2Blankname: | Secretary-General |
| 2Namedata: | Anthony Loke Siew Fook |
| Parliament2: | Malaysian |
| Constituency Mp2: | Batu Kawan |
| Term Start2: | 5 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 19 November 2022 |
| Majority2: | 25,962 (2013) 33,553 (2018) |
| Predecessor2: | Ramasamy Palanisamy (PR–DAP) |
| Successor2: | Chow Kon Yeow (PH–DAP) |
| Office5: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm5: | 2013–2018 |
| Suboffice5: | Democratic Action Party |
| Subterm6: | 2018–2022 |
| Suboffice6: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia |
| Relations: | Patto Perumal (father) Karpal Singh (uncle) Gobind Singh Deo (cousin) Jagdeep Singh Deo (cousin) Ramkarpal Singh (cousin) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) |
Kasthuriraani d/o Patto (Tamil: கஸ்தூரி பட்டு|Kastūri paṭṭu; born 9 August 1979)[1] is a Malaysian politician[2] who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Kawan from May 2013 to November 2022. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. She has served as the Assistant International Secretary of DAP since March 2022 and President of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) since December 2021 as well as Member of the Steering Group for the International Panel of Parliamentarians for the Freedom of Religion and Belief.
Kasthuriraani is the daughter of Mary Patto and the late Patto Perumal; a former senior DAP politician and Member of Parliament.[3] She has one sister, named Shaalini Anne Patto. She was engaged with her French boyfriend on 4 May 2022 and got married on 6 May.[4]
In the 2013 general election, Kasthuriraani Patto was elected as Malaysian member of parliament for P46 Batu Kawan constituency. She was famously known for fighting for female rights in the parliament.
In the 2018 general election, she was reelected again with a higher majority.
In 2022, she decided to not defend her seat to make way for new leader.[5] She was succeeded by Chow Kon Yeow, the Chief Minister of Penang.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | P046 Batu Kawan, Penang | (DAP) | 36,636 | 72.97% | Gobalakrishnan Narayanasamy (Gerakan) | 10,674 | 21.26% | 50,208 | 25,962 | 87.32% | |||
| bgcolor= | Huan Cheng Guan (PCM) | 1,801 | 3.59% | ||||||||||
| Mohan Apparoo (IND) | 305 | 0.61% | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Kasthuriraani Patto (DAP) | 42,683 | 78.02% | Jayanthi Devi Balaguru (Gerakan) | 9,130 | 16.69% | 55,479 | 33,553 | 84.84% | ||||
| Jay Kumar Balakrishna (PAS) | 2,636 | 4.82% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Ooi Khar Giap (PFP) | 256 | 0.47% | ||||||||||