BN has underestimated the magnitude of dissatisfaction against the ruling coalition, which had prompted its defeat in the May 9 polls, lamented MIC president Dr S Subramaniam.

In a press statement last night, he said the results, where BN won 79 parliamentary seats out of 222, were indeed unexpected and shocking to those in BN.

"Whilst we were aware that certain national issues had attained dissatisfaction amongst some of the Malaysian public, the extent of this dissatisfaction was something that we truly underestimated.