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There have been 65 ethnic Indians in theDewan Rakyat since the establishment of theParliament 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.[1]
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.[citation needed]
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.[2][3]
| Parliament | Number of ethnic Indian members | Percentage of ethnic Indian members | Total members (including other ethnic) |
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| 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 |
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