SHAH ALAM, 26 May: The new Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor, Ramkarpal Singh, dedicated his victory in retaining the DAP seat to his late father, Karpal Singh.
At the press conference after the by-election results were announced late last night, Ramkarpal paid tribute to his mother, Gurmit Kaur, and his siblings, Jagdeep, Gobind, Mankarpal and Sangeet, for their support.
“This is my maiden election and it was not an easy ride.
“If we had a higher voter turnout, our majority would be higher.
“If we look at the majority despite voter turnout, then it is a huge victory,” he said, quoted from Malaysiakini.
Ramkarpal won with a whopping majority of 37,659 votes – or 89 percent of votes cast – about 4000 votes shy of Karpal’s mammoth majority in 2013.
Voter turnout today was a dismal 56 percent, compared to 86 percent in 2013.
