# 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.
| Party | Member | Federal Constituency | Year elected | Year left |
| Alliance (MIC) | V. T. Sambanthan | Kinta Utara | 1955 | 1959 |
| Alliance (MIC) | V. T. Sambanthan | Sungei Siput | 1959 | 1974 |
| Alliance (MIC) | S. Chelvasingam MacIntyre | Batu Pahat | 1955 | 1957 |
| Socialist Front (Lab) | Veerappen Veerathan | Seberang Selatan | 1959 | 1964 |
| Gerakan | Veerappen Veerathan | Seberang Selatan | 1971 | 1974 |
| PPP | D. R. Seenivasagam | Ipoh - Menglembu | 1955 | 1957 |
| PPP | D. R. Seenivasagam | Ipoh | 1959 | 1971 |
| PPP | S. P. Seenivasagam | Menglembu | 1959 | 1974 |
| Socialist Front (Lab) | V. David | Bangsar | 1959 | 1964 |
| Gerakan | V. David | Dato' Kramat | 1971 | 1974 |
| DAP | V. David | Damansara | 1978 | 1982 |
| DAP | V. David | Puchong | 1986 | 1995 |
| Socialist Front(Ra'ayat) | Karam Singh Veriah | Damansara | 1959 | 1964 |
| Alliance (MIC) | V. Manickavasagam | Klang | 1959 | 1974 |
| BN (MIC) | V. Manickavasagam | Pelabuhan Kelang | 1974 | 1979 |
| Alliance (MIC) | T. Mahima Singh | Port Dickson | 1959 | 1971 |
| PAP | S. Rajaratnam | Nominated member | 1959 | 1965 |
| PAP | Devan Nair | Bangsar | 1964 | 1969 |
| DAP | Devan Nair | Bangsar | 1964 | 1969 |
| DAP | Peter Paul Dason | Penang Utara | 1971 | 1974 |
| DAP | Peter Paul Dason | Bukit Bendera | 1978 | 1982 |
| DAP | Peter Paul Dason | Bayan Baru | 1986 | 1990 |
| Gerakan | Thomas Gabriel Selvaraj | Penang Selatan | 1971 | 1974 |
| PPP | R. C. Mahadeva Rayan | Ipoh | 1971 | 1974 |
| DAP | Soorian Arjunan | Port Dickson | 1971 | 1974 |
| DAP | Sinnathamby Seevaratnam | Seremban Barat | 1971 | 1974 |
| BN (Gerakan) | Rasiah Rajasingam | Jelutong | 1974 | 1978 |
| BN (MIC) | Samy Vellu | Sungei Siput | 1974 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | Subramaniam Sinniah | Damansara | 1974 | 1978 |
| BN (MIC) | Subramaniam Sinniah | Segamat | 1982 | 2004 |
| BN (MIC) | Subramaniam Sinniah | Hulu Selangor | 1986 | 1990 |
| BN (MIC) | K. Pathmanaban | Telok Kemang | 1974 | 1990 |
| DAP | Karpal Singh | Jelutong | 1978 | 1999 |
| DAP | Karpal Singh | Bukit Gelugor | 2004 | 2013 |
| DAP | P. Patto | Menglembu | 1978 | 1982 |
| DAP | P. Patto | Ipoh | 1986 | 1990 |
| DAP | P. Patto | Bagan | 1995 | 1995 |
| BN (MIC) | V. Govindaraj | Pelabuhan Kelang | 1978 | 1986 |
| BN (MIC) | M. G. Pandithan | Tapah | 1986 | 1990 |
| BN (MIC) | D. P. Vijandran | Kapar | 1986 | 1990 |
| BN (Gerakan) | Dominic Joseph Puthucheary | Nibong Tebal | 1990 | 1995 |
| BN (MIC) | K. Kumaran | Tapah | 1990 | 1999 |
| BN (MIC) | Palanivel Govindasamy | Hulu Selangor | 1990 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | Palanivel Govindasamy | Cameron Highlands | 2013 | 2018 |
| BN (MIC) | M. Mahalingam | Kapar | 1990 | 1995 |
| BN (MIC) | M. Mahalingam | Subang | 1995 | 1999 |
| BN (MIC) | T. Marimuthu | Telok Kemang | 1990 | 1995 |
| DAP | M. Kulasegaran | Telok Intan | 1997 | 1999 |
| DAP | M. Kulasegaran | Ipoh Barat | 2004 | Serving |
| BN (MIC) | G. Leelavathi | Kapar | 1995 | 1999 |
| BN (MIC) | L. Krishnan | Telok Kemang | 1995 | 1999 |
| BN (MIC) | S. Veerasingam | Tapah | 1999 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | Karnail Singh Nijhar | Subang | 1999 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | P. Komala Devi | Kapar | 1999 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | S. A. Anpalagan | Telok Kemang | 1999 | 2000 |
| BN (MIC) | S. Sothinathan | Telok Kemang | 2000 | 2008 |
| BN (PPP) | M. Kayveas | Taiping | 2004 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | Devamany S. Krishnasamy | Cameron Highlands | 2004 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | S. Vigneswaran M. Sanasee | Kota Raja | 2004 | 2008 |
| BN (MIC) | Subramaniam Sathasivam | Segamat | 2004 | 2018 |
| IND | N Gobalakrishnan | Padang Serai | 2008 | 2013 |
| DAP | Ramasamy Palanisamy | Batu Kawan | 2008 | 2013 |
| DAP | Ramkarpal Singh | Bukit Gelugor | 2008 | Serving |
| PSM | Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj | Sungai Siput | 2008 | 2018 |
| BN (MIC) | Saravanan Murugan | Tapah | 2008 | Serving |
| DAP | M. Manogaran | Telok Intan | 2008 | 2013 |
| DAP | Gobind Singh Deo | Puchong | 2008 | 2022 |
| DAP | Gobind Singh Deo | Damansara | 2022 | Serving |
| PKR | Sivarasa K. Rasiah | Subang | 2008 | 2018 |
| PKR | Sivarasa K. Rasiah | Sungai Buloh | 2018 | 2022 |
| PKR | S. Manikavasagam | Kapar | 2008 | 2013 |
| DAP | Charles Santiago | Klang | 2008 | 2022 |
| DAP | John Fernandez | Seremban | 2008 | 2013 |
| BN (MIC) | Kamalanathan Panchanathan | Hulu Selangor | 2010 | 2018 |
| PKR | Surendran Nagarajan | Padang Serai | 2013 | 2018 |
| DAP | Kasthuriraani Patto | Batu Kawan | 2013 | 2022 |
| DAP | V. Sivakumar | Batu Gajah | 2013 | Serving |
| PKR | G. Manivannan | Kapar | 2013 | 2018 |
| PKR | Karuppaiya Muthusamy | Padang Serai | 2018 | 2022 |
| DAP | Sanisvara Nethaji Rayer Rajaji Rayer | Jelutong | 2018 | Serving |
| PKR | Kesavan Subramaniam | Sungai Siput | 2018 | Serving |
| BN (MIC) | Sivarraajh Chandran | Cameron Highlands | 2018 | 2019 |
| PKR | Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam | Kuala Langat | 2018 | 2022 |
| PBM | Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam | Kuala Langat | 2018 | 2022 |
| PKR | Prabakaran Parameswaran | Batu | 2018 | Serving |
| PKR | Danyal Balagopal Abdullah | Port Dickson | 2018 | 2018 |
| PKR | Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu | Segamat | 2018 | 2022 |
| PN (BERSATU) | Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu | Segamat | 2018 | 2022 |
| PKR | Ramanan Ramakrishnan | Sungai Buloh | 2022 | Serving |
| DAP | Ganabatirau Veraman | Klang | 2022 | Serving |
| PKR | Yuneswaran Ramaraj | Segamat | 2022 | Serving |

## Number of ethnic Indians in the Dewan Rakyat

| Parliament | Number of ethnic Indian members | Percentage of ethnic Indian members | Total members (including other ethnic) |
| 1st | 9 | 8.65% | 104 |
| 1st(after 1963) | 9 | 5.66% | 159 |
| 2nd | 7 | 4.40% | 159 |
| 2nd(after 1965) | 6 | 4.17% | 144 |
| 3rd | 10 | 6.94% | 144 |
| 4th | 6 | 3.90% | 154 |
| 5th | 7 | 4.55% | 154 |
| 6th | 4 | 2.60% | 154 |
| 7th | 7 | 3.95% | 177 |
| 8th | 10 | 5.56% | 180 |
| 9th | 7 | 3.65% | 192 |
| 10th | 8 | 4.15% | 193 |
| 11th | 12 | 5.48% | 219 |
| 12th | 12 | 5.41% | 222 |
| 13th | 13 | 5.86% | 222 |
| 14th | 16 | 7.21% | 222 |
| 14th (after 2018) | 15 | 6.75% | 222 |
| 15th | 11 | 4.95% | 222 |