MIC president S Subramaniam has begun pondering his political future and may well turn to his former trade - medicine - according to Star Online.

“When something ends, there will always be a beginning.

"I was already thinking that this would be my last term as I don’t want to be involved in politics in my 70s.

“The election results show that politics has ended earlier for me,” the former dermatologist was quoted as saying.

The three-term MP was defeated by PKR's Santhara Kumar by a 5,476-vote majority in the May 9 general election.

Subramaniam said voters in Segamat had considered factors beyond the constituency work he had provided when voting.

“If they cast votes based on performance, then rightfully they would have voted for me, but they saw things beyond performance," he said.

Subramaniam said BN must now reinvent itself.