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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = K. Parthiban
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| birth_place = [[Kuala Selangor]], [[Selangor]], Malaysia
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| constituency_AM= [[Ijok (state constituency)|Ijok]]
| assembly = Selangor State Legislative
| term_start = 28 April 2007
| term_end = 13 February 2008
| predecessor = [[K. Sivalingam]] - [[Barisan Nasional|BN]]
| successor = [[Abdul Khalid Ibrahim]] - [[Parti Keadilan Rakyat|PKR]]
| majority = 1,850
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| party = [[Malaysian Indian Congress]] (MIC)
| otherparty = [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN)<br />[[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN)
| occupation = Politician, teacher
| alma_mater = [[University of Malaya]]
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|native_name_lang=[[Tamil language]]|native_name=கே. பார்திபன்
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'''K. Parthiban''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: கே. பார்திபன்) is a [[Malaysia]]n [[politician]] of [[Malaysian Indian|Indian]] (specifically [[Tamil people|Tamil]]) descent. He is a member of the [[Malaysian Indian Congress]] (MIC), a component party of the ruling [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) coalition, and has been the party's [[Tanjung Karang]] division secretary since 2002. In 2003, he was appointed as a special officer to the incumbent Tanjung Karang [[Member of Parliament|MP]], [[Malay titles|Datuk]] [[Noh Omar]].<ref name="background">Manirajan, R., "EC: Campaigns lack substance", ''The Sun'', 20 April 2007</ref>

==Early life==
Parthiban was born in Ladang Raja Musa, [[Kuala Selangor]] district, [[Selangor]]. He attended the Seri Kota Teachers' Training College in [[Kuala Lumpur]] before enrolling in the [[University of Malaya]], from where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] (B.Sc.) degree and later a [[Master of Education]] (M.Ed.) in [[Education]] [[Management]].<ref name="background"/>

Parthiban was as a [[teacher]] from 1994 to 2006 at various schools in Tanjung Karang and Kuala Selangor prior to entering [[politics]].

==Politic career==
On 16 April 2007, despite being a relative novice in politics, Parthiban was chosen as the BN candidate in the [[2007 Ijok by-election]].<ref name="background"/> Parthiban eventually defeated [[Khalid Ibrahim]] of [[Parti Keadilan Rakyat]] (PKR) in a straight fight.

In the 2008 Malaysian general elections, K. Parthiban contested in the N10 Bukit Melawati, [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]] and eventually lost to Muthiah a/l Maria Pillay from PKR by a slim majority of 297 votes.

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]'''<ref name="election results">{{cite web |url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay |accessdate=4 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906083741/http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |archivedate=6 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia General Election
| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
| publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
| url = http://undi.info/#
| accessdate = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref>
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!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Government
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Pct
!Ballots cast
!Majority
!Turnout
|-
|[[2007 Ijok by-election|2007]]
|'''N11 [[Ijok (state constituency)|Ijok]], [[Selangor]]'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''{{nowrap|K. Parthiban}}''' ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|'''MIC''']])
|align="right" |'''5,884'''
|'''59.33%'''
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|Abdul Khalid Ibrahim}} ([[Parti Keadilan Rakyat|PKR]])
|align="right" |11,731
|52.91%
|10,052
|1,850
|81.90%
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|'''N10 [[Bukit Melawati (state constituency)|Bukit Melawati]], [[Selangor]]'''
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|'''{{nowrap|Muthiah Maria Pillay}}''' ([[Parti Keadilan Rakyat|'''PKR''']])
|align="right" |'''4,741'''
|'''51.62%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|K. Parthiban}} ([[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]])
|align="right" |4,444
|48.38%
|9,707
|297
|75.27%
|}

== Notes and references ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Malaysian politicians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian Hindus]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Tamil descent]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:People from Selangor]]
[[Category:Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Malaysian Indian Congress politicians]]

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