Gobind Singh Deo

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Yang Berhormat Puchong Tuan Gobind Singh Deo MP
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Puchong, Selangor
Incumbent
Assumed office March 8, 2008
Preceded by	Lau Yeng Peng
Majority	12,593
Personal details
Political party	Democratic Action Party - Pakatan Rakyat
Spouse(s)	Sangeeta Kaur Sidhu
Relations	Karpal Singh (father)
Children	Jaydn Keeshan Kayden
Occupation	Member of Parliament Lawyer
Religion	Sikhism
Website	http://gobindsinghdeo.blog.com/

Gobind Singh Deo is a prominent Malaysian lawyer and politician and is the current Member of Parliament representing Puchong. He is also the national legal bureau secretary of the Democratic Action Party. He is dubbed the “little lion of Puchong”.^{[citation needed]}

Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1996, a year after returning from Lincoln's Inn, Gobind is more known for being the son and protégé of Karpal Singh, the National Chairman of the Democratic Action Party. His brother, Jagdeep Singh Deo, is a state assemblyman for Datuk Keramat state seat in Penang.

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**: P103 Puchong, Selangor^[1]
Year		Pakatan Rakyat	Votes	Pct		Barisan Nasional	Votes	Pct		Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008		Gobind Singh Deo (DAP)	35,079	59.14%		Lau Yeng Peng (Gerakan)	15,107	25.47%		59,317	19,972	78.44%
2013		Gobind Singh Deo (DAP)	62,938	66.69%		A. Kohilan Pillay (Gerakan)	30,136	31.93%		94,367	32,802	88.19%

References

↑ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 3 January 2010. Results only available from the 2004 election.

v t e Current Members of the Malaysian House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) from Selangor

Barisan Nasional	Mohd Fasiah bin Mohd Fakeh (UMNO) Noriah Kasnon (UMNO) P. Kamalanathan (MIC) Noh Omar (UMNO) Irmohizan bin Ibrahim (UMNO)

Pakatan Rakyat	William Leong Jee Keen (PKR) Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR) Zuraida Kamarudin (PKR) Rafizi Ramli (PKR) Che Rosli Che Mat (PAS) Ong Kian Ming (DAP) Gobind Singh Deo (DAP) Wong Chen (PKR) Hee Loy Sian (PKR) Tony Pua (DAP) Sivarasa Rasiah (PKR) Khalid Abdul Samad (PAS) G. Manivannan Gowindasamy (PKR) Charles Santiago (DAP) Siti Mariah Mahmud (PAS) Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PKR) Hanipa Maidin (PAS)

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Persondata
Name	Deo, Gobind Singh
Alternative names	Little Tiger of Jelutong
Short description	Malaysian politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	Malaysia
Date of death
Place of death

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