Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Secretary General S.Arutchelvan  last Thursday submitted a letter to the Election Commission (EC) to enable the party to be registered with the EC in order to contest in the next election using its own symbol.
The party submitted its registration license, approved constitution, a list of office bearers and 8 copies of the party’s logo in color to the EC.
According to the EC, the next meeting will be in early October where the party’s application will be discussed. In the last three elections, PSM contested under opposition party banner. In 1999, PSM contested under DAP symbol while in 2004 and 2008 under PKR symbol. Currently PSM has one State Assemblyman and one Member of Parliament.