MIC survives tough battle to win 4 federal seats

(TMI) – The MIC survived a tough battle before emerging victorious in four parliamentary seats when the results of the 13th general election were announced last night.

Out of the nine parliamentary seats allocated to the MIC by Barisan Nasional (BN), party president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel (Cameron Highlands), deputy president Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam (Segamat), vice-president Datuk M. Saravanan (Tapah) and Putera co-ordinator P. Kamalanathan (Hulu Selangor) walked away with victories.

Major MIC casualties were vice-president Datuk S.K. Devamany (Sungai Siput, Perak), secretary-general Datuk S. Murugesan (Kota Raja, Selangor) and national information chief V.S. Mogan (Telok Kemang, Negri Sembilan).

MIC candidates A. Prakash Rao and A. Sakthivel (central working committee member) both lost in the Subang and Kapar parliamentary constituencies, respectively, in Selangor.

In GE13, the MIC contested nine parliamentary and 18 state seats, one less from nine parliamentary and 19 state seats contested at the last general election in 2008.

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