Ethnic Indians in the Dewan Rakyat

There have been 65 ethnic Indians in the Dewan Rakyat since the establishment of the Parliament of Malaysia. As of 2018, there are 15 representatives, or 6.75% of the body.

There is currently one ethnic Indian woman representative in the Dewan Rakyat, Kasthuriraani Patto. The youngest representative elected in parliament at 22 years of age, Prabakaran Parameswaran is also ethnic Indian.

D.P. Vijandran (BN-MIC) is the sole Malaysian Indian legislator to hold the post of Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat from 18 October 1986 to 23 February 1990.

List of members of Indian origin This is a complete list of ethnic Indians who have served as members of the Dewan Rakyat, ordered by seniority. This list includes ethnic Indians who served in the past and who continue to serve in the present. PartyMemberFederal ConstituencyYear electedYear leftAlliance (MIC)V. T. SambanthanKinta Utara19551959Sungei Siput19591974Alliance (MIC)S. Chelvasingam MacIntyreBatu Pahat19551957Socialist Front (Lab)Veerappen VeerathanSeberang Selatan19591964Gerakan19711974PPPD. R. SeenivasagamIpoh - Menglembu19551957Ipoh19591971PPPS. P. SeenivasagamMenglembu19591974Socialist Front (Lab)V. DavidBangsar19591964GerakanDato' Kramat19711974DAPDamansara19781982Puchong19861995Socialist Front(Ra'ayat)Karam Singh VeriahDamansara19591964Alliance (MIC)V. ManickavasagamKlang19591974BN (MIC)Pelabuhan Kelang19741979Alliance (MIC)T. Mahima SinghPort Dickson19591971PAPS. RajaratnamNominated member19591965PAPDevan NairBangsar19641969DAPDAPPeter Paul DasonPenang Utara19711974Bukit Bendera19781982Bayan Baru19861990GerakanThomas Gabriel SelvarajPenang Selatan19711974PPPR. C. Mahadeva RayanIpoh19711974DAPSoorian ArjunanPort Dickson19711974DAPSinnathamby SeevaratnamSeremban Barat19711974BN (Gerakan)Rasiah RajasingamJelutong19741978BN (MIC)Samy VelluSungei Siput19742008BN (MIC)Subramaniam SinniahDamansara19741978Segamat19822004Hulu Selangor19861990BN (MIC)K. PathmanabanTelok Kemang19741990DAPKarpal SinghJelutong19781999Bukit Gelugor20042013DAPP. PattoMenglembu19781982Ipoh19861990Bagan19951995BN (MIC)V. GovindarajPelabuhan Kelang19781986BN (MIC)M. G. PandithanTapah19861990BN (MIC)D. P. VijandranKapar19861990BN (Gerakan)Dominic Joseph PuthuchearyNibong Tebal19901995BN (MIC)K. KumaranTapah19901999BN (MIC)Palanivel GovindasamyHulu Selangor19902008Cameron Highlands20132018BN (MIC)M. MahalingamKapar19901995Subang19951999BN (MIC)T. MarimuthuTelok Kemang19901995DAPM. KulasegaranTelok Intan19971999Ipoh Barat2004ServingBN (MIC)G. LeelavathiKapar19951999BN (MIC)L. KrishnanTelok Kemang19951999BN (MIC)S. VeerasingamTapah19992008BN (MIC)Karnail Singh NijharSubang19992008BN (MIC)P. Komala DeviKapar19992008BN (MIC)S. A. AnpalaganTelok Kemang19992000BN (MIC)S. SothinathanTelok Kemang20002008BN (PPP)M. KayveasTaiping20042008BN (MIC)Devamany S. KrishnasamyCameron Highlands20042008BN (MIC)S. Vigneswaran M. SanaseeKota Raja20042008BN (MIC)Subramaniam SathasivamSegamat20042018INDN GobalakrishnanPadang Serai20082013DAPRamasamy PalanisamyBatu Kawan20082013DAPRamkarpal SinghBukit Gelugor2008ServingPSMMichael Jeyakumar DevarajSungai Siput20082018BN (MIC)Saravanan MuruganTapah2008ServingDAPM. ManogaranTelok Intan20082013DAPGobind Singh DeoPuchong20082022Damansara2022ServingPKRSivarasa K. RasiahSubang20082018Sungai Buloh20182022PKRS. ManikavasagamKapar20082013DAPCharles SantiagoKlang20082022DAPJohn FernandezSeremban20082013BN (MIC)Kamalanathan PanchanathanHulu Selangor20102018PKRSurendran NagarajanPadang Serai20132018DAPKasthuriraani PattoBatu Kawan20132022DAPV. SivakumarBatu Gajah2013ServingPKRG. ManivannanKapar20132018PKRKaruppaiya MuthusamyPadang Serai20182022DAPSanisvara Nethaji Rayer Rajaji RayerJelutong2018ServingPKRKesavan SubramaniamSungai Siput2018ServingBN (MIC)Sivarraajh ChandranCameron Highlands20182019PKRXavier Jayakumar ArulanandamKuala Langat20182022PBMPKRPrabakaran ParameswaranBatu2018ServingPKRDanyal Balagopal AbdullahPort Dickson20182018 PKREdmund Santhara Kumar RamanaiduSegamat20182022PN (BERSATU)PKRRamanan RamakrishnanSungai Buloh2022ServingDAPGanabatirau VeramanKlang2022ServingPKRYuneswaran RamarajSegamat2022Serving

Number of ethnic Indians in the Dewan Rakyat ParliamentNumber of ethnic Indian membersPercentage of ethnic Indian membersTotal members (including other ethnic)1st98.65%1041st(after 1963)95.66%1592nd74.40%1592nd(after 1965)64.17%1443rd106.94%1444th63.90%1545th74.55%1546th42.60%1547th73.95%1778th105.56%1809th73.65%19210th84.15%19311th125.48%21912th125.41%22213th135.86%22214th167.21%22214th (after 2018)156.75%22215th114.95%222

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