Keshvinder Singh

Keshvinder Singh s/o Kashmir Singh is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Malim Nawar from March 2008 to May 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), then a component party of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and presently Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalitions.

Keshvinder Singh
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Malim Nawar
In office
8 March 2008  5 May 2013
Preceded byLee Chee Leong
Succeeded byLeong Cheok Keng
Majority1,362 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Keshvinder Singh s/o Kashmir Singh

1972
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyDemocratic Action Party (DAP)
(–2010)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(–2010)
OccupationPolitician

Politics

Offer to leave Pakatan Rakyat

On 25 February 2010, he had lodged a report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission that he had received an offer of 20 million Ringgit Malaysia to leave Pakatan Rakyat.

Quitting DAP

He was frustrated at the Pakatan Rakyat leadership in Perak as they were too political and quitted DAP.[1][2]

Election result

Perak State Legislative Assembly[3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 Malim Nawar Keshvinder Singh Kashmir Singh (DAP) 7,801 53.26% Chai Song Poh (MCA) 6,439 43.96% 14,647 1,362 62.93%

References


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