| Gobalakrishnan Nagapan | |
| Constituency Mp: | Padang Serai |
| Parliament: | Malaysian |
| Term Start: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End: | 5 May 2013 |
| Majority: | 11,738 (2008) |
| Predecessor: | Lim Bee Kau (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor: | N. Surendran (PR–PKR) |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Sitiawan, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Residence: | Kulim Hi-Tech |
| Party: | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) (1985–1998) (2017–present) Independent (2011–2017) Parti Keadilan Nasional (keADILan) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2004–2011) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Spouse: | Vasanthi Ramalingam |
| Children: | 3 |
Gobalakrishnan s/o Nagapan (born 23 March 1960), commonly referred to as N. Gobalakrishnan, is a Malaysian politician.[1] He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Padang Serai constituency in Kedah from 2008 to 2013. He was elected to the Parliament as a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition, but in 2011 left the party to sit as an Independent.[2] Gobalakrishnan on 8 May 2017 rejoined the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) after leaving it 18 years ago to join PKR.[3]
Gobalakrishnan was born in 1960 in Sitiawan. He is married to Vasanthi Ramalingam, a former athlete, and has three children.[4]
In September 2009, Gobalakrishnan was arrested for allegedly using criminal force to obstruct a police officer.[5] He was found guilty and fined 3,000 ringgit.[6] In December 2010, he spoke out against his party's leader, Anwar Ibrahim, suggesting that he make way for his daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar.[7] He resigned from the party the following month to sit as an independent, announcing plans to form a non-governmental organisation.[8] He recontested Padang Serai at the 2013 election as an Independent, having unsuccessfully sought the nomination of the Barisan Nasional coalition. Without a party ticket he garnered less than one percent of the vote and lost his deposit.[9]
In April 2019, the Putrajaya Court of Appeal ruled Gobalakrishnan has to pay RM150,000 in damages for defaming and RM5,000 in costs to lawyer and former Malaysian Bar president Manjeet Singh Dhillon.[10]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P076 Telok Intan, Perak | Gobalakrishnan Nagapan (PKR) | 6,128 | 18.12% | (Gerakan) | 18,870 | 55.78% | 35,082 | 10,041 | 66.11% | ||||
| Wu Him Ven (DAP) | 8,829 | 26.10% | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | P017 Padang Serai, Kedah | (PKR) | 28,774 | 62.81% | Boey Chin Gan (MCA) | 17,036 | 37.19% | 47,124 | 11,738 | 79.58% | ||||
| 2013 | (IND) | 390 | 0.62% | (PKR) | 34,151 | 54.07% | 64,584 | 8,437 | 87.16% | |||||
| Heng Seai Kie (MCA) | 25,714 | 40.71% | ||||||||||||
| (Berjasa) | 2,630 | 4.16% | ||||||||||||
| Othman Wawi (IND) | 279 | 0.44% | ||||||||||||