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Malaysian Advancement Party (, ; abbrev: MAP) is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
representing the Indian community in
Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
.


Formation

Founded by Waytha Moorthy Ponunssamy, formerly of
HINDRAF Hindu Rights Action Force, better known by its acronym HINDRAF (, ); is a Malaysian Hindu- activist non-governmental organisation (NGO) with its renowned slogan of ''Makkal Sakti (மக்கள் சக்தி)'' or ''Kuasa Rakyat'' translat ...
and a minister in the prime minister's department in the
seventh Mahathir cabinet Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, being the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the second time on 10 May 2018, formed the seventh Mahathir cabinet after being invited by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V to form a new government. It was the 20th cab ...
, the party's stated goals are include advancing the interests of the Malaysian Indian community. The formation of MAP as an ethnic-based party invited mixed reactions. Some quarters expressed concern that the party's founding marked a return to the era of domination by race-based parties.


History

Initially aligned with the
Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ...
government, in which Waytha Moorthy served as a minister, the party supported the
Barisan Nasional Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in ...
coalition in the
2022 Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 19 November 2022. The prospect of snap elections had been considered high due to the political crisis that had been ongoing since 2020; political instability caused by coalition or party swi ...
. In the 2025 Ayer Kuning by-election, it campaigned for the Socialist Party of Malaysia.


See also

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Politics of Malaysia Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive powe ...
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List of political parties in Malaysia This is a list of political parties in Malaysia, including existing and historical ones. Legislation Under the current legislation, all political parties (termed "Political Associations") must be registered under the Societies Act. Anti-hoppi ...


References


External links

* * HINDRAF - Political parties in Malaysia Political parties established in 2019 2019 establishments in Malaysia Conservative parties in Malaysia Identity politics Indian-Malaysian culture Political parties of minorities in Malaysia Political parties of the Indian diaspora {{Malaysia-party-stub