GE15: Gobind to stand in Damansara, Yeo Bee Yin in Puchong

Gobind Singh Deo will contest the Damansara seat in GE15. –YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Gobind Singh Deo will contest the Damansara parliamentary seat, taking over from incumbent Tony Pua.

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DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke made the announcement along with three other seats held by DAP in Selangor here on Wednesday (Oct 26).

Replacing Gobind in Puchong is incumbent Bakri MP Yeo Bee Yin.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang's political secretary Syahredzan Johan will contest the Bangi parliamentary seat, replacing Ong Kian Ming who said earlier this year that he would be standing down.

As for the Klang parliamentary seat, Loke announced that Kota Kemuning assemblyman V. Ganabatirau would be replacing Charles Santiago.

In GE14, Pua won the Damansara parliamentary seat with 121,283 votes in a landslide win.

It was also the highest recorded majority nationwide with 106,903 votes.

Damansara is also the seat with the most number of registered voters at 146,322, after a re-delineation exercise.

On replacing Santiago with Ganabatirau as the candidate for the Klang seat, Gobind said he had met the incumbent earlier.

“I met Charles and informed him that there were issues brought to my attention, alongside proposals put forward and other names being put forward (for GE15).

He added that Santiago was also fully aware of requests for replacing him as far back as 2013 and even 2018.

“I was able to speak with the DAP leadership then to give him an opportunity to carry on then as well.

“As Loke said in his speech earlier, it is difficult to make these decisions as we have four parliamentary seats in Selangor and after 15 years, there have been requests to consider new personalities to take over,” he said.