| Honorific Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Datuk |
| Shanmugam Pitchay | |
| Office: | Member of the Malacca State Executive Council |
| Term Start: | 5 April 2023 |
| Governor: | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Ab Rauf Yusoh |
| Predecessor: | Himself |
| Constituency: | Gadek |
| Term Start1: | 26 November 2021 |
| Term End1: | 31 March 2023 |
| Governor1: | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Sulaiman Md Ali |
| Predecessor1: | Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen |
| Successor1: | Himself |
| Constituency1: | Gadek |
| Constituency Am3: | Gadek |
| Term Start3: | 20 November 2021 |
| Assembly3: | Malacca State Legislative |
| Predecessor3: | Saminathan Ganesan (PH–DAP) |
| Majority3: | 559 (2021) |
| Office8: | Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm8: | 2021– |
| Suboffice8: | Barisan Nasional |
| Birth Name: | Shanmugam s/o V. Pitchay |
| Birth Date: | 30 March 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Malacca, Malaysia |
| Party: | Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Shanmugam s/o V. Pitchay (or formally known as V. P. Shanmugam) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh since April 2023 for the second term and under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023 for the first term as well as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gadek since November 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the sole Malacca EXCO member, MLA of Indian descent and from MIC, the sole MIC candidate nominated and subsequently won in the 2021 Malacca state election and the sole EXCO Member serving without a deputy.[1]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | N07 Gadek | (MIC) | 3,022 | 39.36% | Saminathan Ganesan (DAP) | 2,463 | 32.08% | 7,677 | 559 | 60.73% | |||
| bgcolor= | Mohd. Amir Fitri Muharram (BERSATU) | 2,041 | 26.59% | ||||||||||
| Laila Norinda Maun (PUTRA) | 68 | 0.89% | |||||||||||
| Azafen Amin (IND) | 60 | 0.78% | |||||||||||
| Mohan Singh Booda Singh (IND) | 23 | 0.30% | |||||||||||