Washington: An Indian-American Democratic legislator in Maryland has suffered a humiliating defeat in the party's primary election for a seat in the US House of Representatives.

Kumar Barve, 57, who was the House Majority Leader from 2003-2014 and now Chairman of Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee, received just two per cent of the total votes polled in a nine-person Democratic primary race for a seat in the US House of Representatives last night.