| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' |
| Tanasekharan Autherapady | |
| Native Name Lang: | Tamil language |
| Constituency Am2: | Bagan Dalam |
| Assembly2: | Penang State Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 8 March 2008 |
| Term End2: | 9 May 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Subbaiyah Palaniappan (BN–MIC) |
| Successor2: | Satees Muniandy (PH–DAP) |
| Majority2: | 2,932 (2008) 5,161 (2013) |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1955[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kuala Kurau, Perak, Malaysia |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | Democratic Action Party (DAP) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Alma Mater: | University of London |
Tanasekharan s/o Autherapady (Tamil: ஔ. தனசேகரன்) is a Malaysian lawyer[2] and politician. He is the former Democratic Action Party (DAP) assemblyman for Bagan Dalam, Penang for two terms from 2008 to 2018.[3] [4] [5] Tanasekharan was dropped by DAP as a candidate in the 2018 general election.[6]
Tanasekharan is also currently serving as Vice Chairman for Penang Hindu Endowments Board.
Tanasekharan was born in Kuala Kurau, Perak and received his primary school education in Wellesley Primary School Penang and secondary education in Penang Free School. Upon completing secondary education, he continued studying for Law in an External Programme with University of London and completed Law Degree in 1982.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | P046 Batu Kawan | (DAP) | 6,552 | 20.64% | (Gerakan) | 17,097 | 53.85% | 32,559 | 8,998 | 75.62% | |||
| Law Choo Kiang (PKR) | 8,099 | 25.51% | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N09 Bagan Dalam | (DAP) | 7,601 | 61.90% | Subbaiyah Palaniappan (MIC) | 4,669 | 38.10% | 12,546 | 2,932 | 73.00% | ||||
| 2013 | (DAP) | 10,253 | 66.40% | Karuppanan Malairaja (MIC) | 5,092 | 33.00% | 15,687 | 5,161 | 84.30% | |||||
| bgcolor= | Lim Seang Teik (PCM) | 76 | 0.50% | |||||||||||
| Asoghan Govindaraju (IND) | 25 | 0.10% | ||||||||||||