It would be a loss for Umno if Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin does not contest the 15th general election, Umno supreme council member Reezal Merican Naina Merican said.

This is after Khairy indicated he would be ceding Rembau to his division chief, Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan - with no replacement seat lined up for himself as of yet.