He said the reduced majority obtained by DAP’s Ramkarpal Singh Deo was a ‘victory’ to him since the DAP wanted to match or better the late Karpal Singh’s majority win in the 2013 general election.
The late Karpal polled 55,839 votes to score a stunning majority victory of 41,778 votes against BN candidate Teh Beng Yeam, who garnered 14,061 votes in the 13th general election.
Electoral debutant Ramkarpal polled 41,242 votes to become Bukit Gelugor MP with a majority of 37,659 votes, falling short by 4,119 votes to his late father’s majority.
Huan, who got 3,583 votes, recalled that he pleaded to voters to save his RM10,000 election deposit on nomination day but fell short of some 2,000 votes.
He said his loss of deposit showed that he was not an Umno or Barisan Nasional proxy as accused by the DAP.
“If Umno has supported me, I would not have lost my deposit,” Huan told a post-election press conference at his Air Itam election operations centre late yesterday.
Bukit Gelugor by-election was held following the death of incumbent MP and Ramkarpal’s father Karpal in a fatal highway accident near Kampar, Perak on April 17.
Independent candidates Nabi Bux Mohamed Nabi Abd Sathar, 63, got 799 votes and lawyer Abu Backer Sidek Mohamad Zan, 46, garnered 225 votes in the four-cornered by-election battle.
The duo also lost their election deposits.
DAP ‘hit below the belt
Huan pointed out PCM was a small party that faced mighty DAP machinery and Pakatan Rakyat heavyweights.
He said DAP carried out an unethical and “hit below the belt” campaign tactic to smear his reputation, largely through the social media.
“Some pro-Pakatan online portals were whacking me from day one,” Huan said.
He accused Pakatan campaigners of abusing power and misusing their positions, like using the Election Commission’s logo in their polling booths and party volunteer patrol squad (PPS) to woo voters.
He said the Pakatan campaigners had also openly campaigned in prohibited areas near polling stations during balloting process.
He has already lodged reports to the EC and police on the issues.
“We have all the proofs. We urge the EC to investigate my complaints thoroughly,” said Huan, adding that DAP should learn to win with honour.
He however, congratulated Ramkarpal for his victory and hoped that the new MP would take care of his constituents.
“I wish to thank all my campaigners, media and voters for their support,” said Huan.
This will be third straight electoral defeat for Huan.
Previously he had lost in Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency in 2013 and Bukit Tambun state seat in 2008.
“Maybe I will create a record in losing elections,” he joked.
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