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{{Infobox political party
|country = Malaysia
|name = Punjab Party of Malaysia
|native_name = Parti Punjab Malaysia
|lang1 = Malay
|name_lang1 = {{lang|ms|Parti Punjabi Malaysia}}<br>{{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|ڤرتي ڤنجاب مليسيا}}}}
|lang2 = Punjabi
|name_lang2 = {{lang|pa|ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਮਲੇਸ਼ੀਆ}}<br>{{lang|pa-latn|Pañjābī Pārṭī Maleśīā}}
|lang3 = Urdu
|name_lang3 = -
|lang4 = Hindi
|name_lang4 = -
|lang5 = Spain
|name_lang5 = -
|lang6 = italiano
|name_lang6 = -
|logo = PartiPunjabiMalaysia.jpg
|logo_size = 280px
| abbreviation = PPM
| president = Gurjeet Singh Rhande
| secretary_general = -
| founder = Jeswant Singh
| foundation = 1986
| legalised = 2003
|split = -
|distroyed = -
|dissolved = -
|predecessor = -
|successor = -
| headquarters = Tingkat 3, Bangunan TWU, Box 'C' 21, Jalan Barat, 46200 [[Petaling Jaya]], [[Selangor]]
| membership_year = 2024
| membership = -
| ideology = -
| position = -
|national = [[Barisan Nasional]] (2014-Present)
|international = -
|colours = {{Color box|Blue|border=darkgray}} Dark blue, red, white, yellow
| colorcode = #0000FF
| anthem = -
| symbol = BN
| flag = [[File:PartiPunjabiMalaysia.jpg|border|150px]]
| seats1_title = [[Dewan Negara]]:
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|70|hex=}}
| seats2_title = [[Dewan Rakyat]]:
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|222|hex=}}
| seats3_title = [[Dewan Undangan Negeri]]:
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|587|hex=}}
| website = {{URL|http://partypunjabimalaysia.blogspot.my/}}
| footnotes = {{facebook|Party-Punjabi-Malaysia-242067702654037}}
}}
{{Politics of Malaysia}}

The '''Punjabi Party of Malaysia''' ({{langx|ms|Parti Punjabi Malaysia}}, {{langx|pa|ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਮਲੇਸ਼ੀਆ|Pañjābī Pārṭī Maleśīā}}; abbreviated as '''PPM''') is a [[Malaysia]]n political party formed in 1986 but only successfully registered in 2003<ref name=register>{{cite news |first=Sennyah Patrick|last=Chow Kum Hor|title=Parti Punjabi willing to wait for admission into BN |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-82704776.html/ |work=[[New Straits Times]] |publisher=The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad |date=10 November 2002 |access-date=24 June 2008}}</ref> to represent the interests of [[Malaysian Indian]] [[Punjabi Malaysians|Punjabi]] community.<ref>{{cite news |title=Parti Punjabi forced to amend constitution |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-2291944_ITM|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721115002/www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-2291944_ITM|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2012|work=[[New Straits Times]] |publisher=The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad |date=3 October 2002 |access-date=24 June 2008 }}</ref>

It is the only party in Malaysia founded specifically with the interests of Punjabi people in Malaysia as its mission.<ref>{{cite news |title=Parti Punjabi seeks members |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82779503.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611075029/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82779503.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2014|work=[[New Straits Times]] |publisher=The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad |date=5 October 2003 |access-date=24 June 2008 }}</ref> The party also champion the rights of the [[Sikh]] religious belief.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/parti-punjabi-malaysia-disappointed-over-fb-comment-insulting-religious-belief|title=Parti Punjabi Malaysia disappointed over FB comment insulting religious belief|work=[[Bernama]]|date=3 October 2014 |publisher=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> Before the fall of [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) in the [[Malaysian general election, 2018|2018 general election]], PPM was considered pro-BN and had been trying to join the previous governing coalition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenutgraph.com/punjabi-party-wants-in/|title=Punjabi party wants in|date=12 May 2010|author=Deborah Loh|work=The Nut Graph|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507190427/http://www.thenutgraph.com/punjabi-party-wants-in/|archive-date=7 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==President==
# Jeswant Singh (1986–2002)
# Prof. Dato Dr. Gurdeep Perkash Singh (2002–2010)
# Susheel Kaur (2010–2013)<ref name=womanpresident>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-malaysian-punjabi-party-gets-first-woman-president-1378390|title=MALAYSIAN PUNJABI PARTY GETS FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT|date =3 May 2010|work=DNA India|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
# Datuk Gurjeet Singh Rhande (23 November 2013 - current)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/parti-punjabi-malaysia-wants-direct-representation-pmo-HUARCH541826|title=Parti Punjabi Malaysia wants direct representation to PMO|work=[[The Sun (Malaysia)|The Sun]]|date=21 April 2018|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> {{when|date=April 2018}}

== General election results ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Total seats won
!Seats contested
!Total votes
!Voting Percentage
!Outcome of election
!Election leader
|-
![[2022 Malaysian general election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|0|222|hex=}}
| 1
|
|TBD
|TBD {{small|([[Barisan Nasional|Friends of BN]])}}
|Gurjeet Singh Rhande
|}

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Malaysia]]
*[[Politics of Malaysia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://partypunjabimalaysia.blogspot.my/ Official website]
* {{facebook|Party-Punjabi-Malaysia-242067702654037}}

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[[Category:Political parties in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1986]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Conservative parties in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Political parties of minorities in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Indian-Malaysian culture]]
[[Category:Punjabi diaspora in Malaysia]]
]

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