Raven Kumar s/o Krishnasamy is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi since March 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tenggaroh since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the Youth Chief of MIC from October 2021 until June 2024. His father is Krishnasamy Shiman, the Tenggaroh MLA from 1990 to his assassination in an MIC building in 2008.

Election results

Johor State Legislative Assembly
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013N33 TenggarohRaven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)17,05480.85%Murugan Muthu Samy (PKR)4,04019.15%21,76813,01485.50%
2018Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)12,30954.96%Rohamizon Abdul Ghani (PKR)6,54429.22%23,0255,76580.40%
A. Rahman A. Hamid (PAS)3,54315.82%
2022Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)10,52849.10%Roslan Nikmat (PAS)9,17242.78%21,4421,35655.83%
Zulinah A Johari (PKR)1,5297.13%
Mohd Firdaus Abd Rahman (PEJUANG)2130.99%

Honours

  • Malaysia Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2017)