He earned his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Bristol in the UK and was called to the bar by Gray's Inn.
After the death of his father Karpal, Ramkarpal was elected as the MP for Bukit Gelugor constituency.
He retained his Bukit Gelugor seat by an even larger 55,951-vote majority in the 2018 General Elections, when his coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), defeated the incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) to form the government.
[5][6] In June 2018, he assisted Altantuya's father, Shaariibuu, in meeting with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
[8][9] According to Ramkarpal, his father was asleep before the fatal crash took place, claiming the life of Karpal and his personal aide, Michael Cornelius Selvam.