Ethnic Indian Samy Vellu loses in Malaysia elections

MALAYSIA VOTES: Badawi's coalition has had its worst electoral showing in decades.

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New Delhi: In Malaysia, the Abdullah Badawi-led ruling coalition has made its worst electoral showing in decades.

Though the ruling coalition got simple majority in the 222-seat parliament, it lost 5 of the 13 states to the Opposition.

As compared to 19 seats in the outgoing Parliament, the Opposition has already won 64 seats this time.

Badawi's National Front coalition controlled 90 per cent of the seats in the outgoing Parliament. It has been in power since 1957.

The lone Indian-origin minister in Abdullah's cabinet, Samy Vellu of the MIC, lost from his Sungei Siput seat, which he had held for eight terms. Vellu was the Works Minister in Badawi’s cabinet.

Vellu lost to opposition Partiso Sialis Malaysia (PSM) candidate Dr D Jeyakumar, whom the ethnic Indian had defeated in the 2004 polls.

Vellu had earned the ire of the Indian community for deriding the protests led by NGO Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) against alleged racial discrimination since November last year.

With inputs from PTI