Bhutan election for National Assembly - 2013

Election Results

Bhutan PDP opposition party wins election

Turnout was high, at an estimated 80%


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The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has won the second-ever parliamentary election in Bhutan.


The PDP beat the ruling Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) party, which has strong links to the king.


The turnout was high at about 80%, said officials. The kingdom's struggling economy and ties with neighbouring India were key issues in the campaign.


The country has been a democracy since 2008, when the king voluntarily relinquished his absolute power.


The PDP won 32 of the country's 47 parliamentary seats, according to results posted on the official website of Bhutan's Election Commission.


The DPT, which won the last election in 2008, only secured 15 seats in Saturday's poll.



PDP leader Tshering Tobgay is likely to be named prime minister of the new government, the Associated Press news agency reports.


The PDP has criticised the government for a recent deterioration of ties with India, a key ally.


For decades, Bhutan has relied on its giant southern neighbour for much of its trade and foreign policy.




India's recent massive reduction of oil and gas subsidies for Bhutan has sparked speculation that this may be because of the Himalayan country's improving relations with China.

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ELECTIONS

Bhutan opposition party wins in landslide election

Bhutan's main opposition party has won a landslide majority in parliamentary elections. It was the second round of voting in just the second election in the Himalayan kingdom’s history.

The official website of Bhutan's Election Commission says the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won 32 seats in the 47-member national assembly in Saturday's voting, with the ruling Peace and Prosperity Party (DPT) winning only 15 seats.

Both parties emerged as the two leaders following a primary vote back in May that saw four other parties eliminated.

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The country's chief election commissioner, Kunzang Wangdi, said a total of 850 polling stations had been set up, many of them in remote mountain villages. About 400,000 people were eligible to cast their ballots in the polls.

In 2008, the DPT won the election by a landslide and won the first round of this year's polls with 45 percent of the vote.

Among the issues said to be foremost in the minds of the kingdom's voters are rising fuel prices, after neighboring India cut subsidies on cooking gas and kerosene to Bhutan. The country has also been struggling under the effects of a credit crunch, another factor that has hurt the popularity of the government.

Bhutan's king gave up the monarchy's centuries-old absolute power in 2008, allowing the introduction of democracy to the Himalayan kingdom, which didn't introduce television until 1999.

Official results of the election will be announced on Sunday.

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RESULT OF THE PARLIAMENTRY ELECTIONS 2013
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: GENERAL ELECTIONS

Bumthang

Result for Chhoekhor_Tang

Pema Gyamtsho TOTAL: 2505 VOTE %     64.26 % EVM     2105 POSTAL     400

Kuenzang Thinley TOTAL: 1393 VOTE %     35.74 % EVM     1230 POSTAL     163

Result for Chhumig_Ura

Tshewang Jurmi TOTAL: 1344 VOTE %     55.1 % EVM     1156 POSTAL     188

Karma Wangchuk TOTAL: 1095 VOTE %     44.9 % EVM     899 POSTAL     196

Chhukha

Result for Bongo_Chapchha

Dawa Gyaltshen TOTAL: 6229 VOTE %     70.06 % EVM     5271 POSTAL     958

Ugay Tshering TOTAL: 2662 VOTE %     29.94 % EVM     2470 POSTAL     192

Result for Phuentshogling

Rinzin Dorji TOTAL: 4861 VOTE %     71.87 % EVM     4624 POSTAL     237

Chencho Dorji TOTAL: 1903 VOTE %     28.13 % EVM     1827 POSTAL     76

Dagana

Result for Drukjeygang_Tseza

Karma Dorji TOTAL: 4585 VOTE %     61.73 % EVM     3856 POSTAL     729

Sonam Jamtsho TOTAL: 2843 VOTE %     38.27 % EVM     2511 POSTAL     332

Result for Lhamoi Dzingkha_Tashiding

Ngeema Sangay Tshempo TOTAL: 4608 VOTE %     62.08 % EVM     4100 POSTAL     508

Hemant Gurung TOTAL: 2815 VOTE %     37.92 % EVM     2520 POSTAL     295

Gasa

Result for Khamaed_Lunana

Pema Drukpa TOTAL: 358 VOTE %     50.14 % EVM     324 POSTAL     34

Kinley Dorji TOTAL: 356 VOTE %     49.86 % EVM     341 POSTAL     15

Result for Khatoed_Laya

Damcho Dorji TOTAL: 444 VOTE %     55.36 % EVM     387 POSTAL     57

Dorji Khandu TOTAL: 358 VOTE %     44.64 % EVM     353 POSTAL     5

Haa

Result for Bji_Kar-Tshog_Uesu

Kinley Om TOTAL: 1722 VOTE %     56.63 % EVM     1471 POSTAL     251

Gado Tshering TOTAL: 1319 VOTE %     43.37 % EVM     1155 POSTAL     164

Result for Sombaykha

Tshering Tobgay TOTAL: 1503 VOTE %     71.4 % EVM     1223 POSTAL     280

Dago Tsheringla TOTAL: 602 VOTE %     28.6 % EVM     536 POSTAL     66

Lhuentse

Result for Gangzur_Minjey

Karma Rangdol TOTAL: 2302 VOTE %     58.9 % EVM     1774 POSTAL     528

Lobzang Dorji TOTAL: 1606 VOTE %     41.1 % EVM     1025 POSTAL     581

Result for Maenbi_Tsaenkhar

Yeshey Dorji TOTAL: 2272 VOTE %     54.67 % EVM     1512 POSTAL     760

Tshering Tenzin TOTAL: 1884 VOTE %     45.33 % EVM     1445 POSTAL     439

Monggar

Result for Dramedtse_Ngatshang

Ugyen Wangdi TOTAL: 4164 VOTE %     61.57 % EVM     3467 POSTAL     697

Tshering Dorji TOTAL: 2599 VOTE %     38.43 % EVM     1964 POSTAL     635

Result for Kengkhar_ Weringla

Rinzin Jamtsho TOTAL: 3453 VOTE %     68.63 % EVM     2635 POSTAL     818

Sonam Jamtsho TOTAL: 1578 VOTE %     31.37 % EVM     988 POSTAL     590

Result for Monggar

Jigme Zangpo TOTAL: 3109 VOTE %     52.29 % EVM     2283 POSTAL     826

Karma Lhamo TOTAL: 2837 VOTE %     47.71 % EVM     2307 POSTAL     530

Paro

Result for Dokar_Sharpa

Kezang Wangmo TOTAL: 3571 VOTE %     59.96 % EVM     3181 POSTAL     390

Chencho Dorji TOTAL: 2385 VOTE %     40.04 % EVM     2200 POSTAL     185

Result for Lamgong_Wangchang

Khandu Wangchuk TOTAL: 3758 VOTE %     56.24 % EVM     3442 POSTAL     316

Ugyen Tshering TOTAL: 2924 VOTE %     43.76 % EVM     2582 POSTAL     342

Pema Gatshel

Result for Khar_Yurung

Zangley Dukpa TOTAL: 3591 VOTE %     78.27 % EVM     2245 POSTAL     1346

Tashi Norbu TOTAL: 997 VOTE %     21.73 % EVM     503 POSTAL     494

Result for Nanong_Shumar

Jigmi Yoeser Thinley TOTAL: 3742 VOTE %     78.73 % EVM     2671 POSTAL     1071

Pema Wangchuk TOTAL: 1011 VOTE %     21.27 % EVM     716 POSTAL     295

Result for Nganglam

Choida Jamtsho TOTAL: 3121 VOTE %     83.16 % EVM     2466 POSTAL     655

Sherab Jamtsho TOTAL: 632 VOTE %     16.84 % EVM     330 POSTAL     302

Punakha

Result for Kabisa_Talog

Dophu Dukpa TOTAL: 3752 VOTE %     60.76 % EVM     3172 POSTAL     580

Namgye Penjore TOTAL: 2423 VOTE %     39.24 % EVM     2169 POSTAL     254

Result for Lingmukha_Toedwang

Chimi Dorji TOTAL: 2406 VOTE %     53.91 % EVM     1945 POSTAL     461

Sonam Wangyel Wang TOTAL: 2057 VOTE %     46.09 % EVM     1860 POSTAL     197

Samdrup Jongkhar

Result for Dewathang_Gomdar

Mingbo Dukpa TOTAL: 3970 VOTE %     52.49 % EVM     2916 POSTAL     1054

Ugyen Dorji TOTAL: 3594 VOTE %     47.51 % EVM     2987 POSTAL     607

Result for Jomotshangkha_Martshala

Pelzang Wangchuk TOTAL: 3171 VOTE %     56.33 % EVM     2303 POSTAL     868

Norbu Wangzom TOTAL: 2458 VOTE %     43.67 % EVM     1892 POSTAL     566

Samtse

Result for Dophuchen_Tading

Tek Bahadur Subba TOTAL: 5239 VOTE %     64.55 % EVM     4763 POSTAL     476

Thakur Singh Powdyel TOTAL: 2877 VOTE %     35.45 % EVM     2677 POSTAL     200

Result for Phuentshogpelri_Samtse

Dina Nath Dungyel TOTAL: 4977 VOTE %     70.47 % EVM     4527 POSTAL     450

Rebecca Gurung TOTAL: 2086 VOTE %     29.53 % EVM     1954 POSTAL     132

Result for Tashichhoeling

Ritu Raj Chhetri TOTAL: 5954 VOTE %     71.97 % EVM     5322 POSTAL     632

Durga Prasad Chhetri TOTAL: 2319 VOTE %     28.03 % EVM     2165 POSTAL     154

Result for Ugyentse_Yoeseltse

Madan Kumar Chhetri TOTAL: 4832 VOTE %     74.74 % EVM     4320 POSTAL     512

Lila Pradhan TOTAL: 1633 VOTE %     25.26 % EVM     1474 POSTAL     159

Sarpang

Result for Gelegphu

Gopal Gurung TOTAL: 5051 VOTE %     54.21 % EVM     3979 POSTAL     1072

Karma Donnen Wangdi TOTAL: 4267 VOTE %     45.79 % EVM     3538 POSTAL     729

Result for Shompangkha

Rinzin Dorje TOTAL: 5232 VOTE %     64.9 % EVM     4672 POSTAL     560

Nanda Lal Rai TOTAL: 2830 VOTE %     35.1 % EVM     2529 POSTAL     301

Thimphu

Result for NorthThimphuThromde_Kawang_Lingzhi_ Naro_Soe

Kinga Tshering TOTAL: 2047 VOTE %     50.41 % EVM     1888 POSTAL     159

Sangay Tshoki TOTAL: 2014 VOTE %     49.59 % EVM     1847 POSTAL     167

Result for South Thimphu Thromde_Chang_Darkarla _Ge-nyen_Maedwang

Yeshey Zimba TOTAL: 2649 VOTE %     51.13 % EVM     2445 POSTAL     204

Tandin Wangmo TOTAL: 2532 VOTE %     48.87 % EVM     2279 POSTAL     253

Trashigang

Result for Bartsham_Shongphu

Wangdi Norbu TOTAL: 3540 VOTE %     67.39 % EVM     2701 POSTAL     839

Thinley Norbu TOTAL: 1713 VOTE %     32.61 % EVM     1071 POSTAL     642

Result for Kanglung_Samkhar_Udzorong

Norbu Wangchuk TOTAL: 2743 VOTE %     50.02 % EVM     1946 POSTAL     797

Thinley Palden Dorji TOTAL: 2741 VOTE %     49.98 % EVM     2232 POSTAL     509

Result for Radhi_Sagteng

Jigme Wangchuk TOTAL: 2707 VOTE %     55.24 % EVM     2262 POSTAL     445

Kinley Dorji TOTAL: 2193 VOTE %     44.76 % EVM     1666 POSTAL     527

Result for Thrimshing

Dorji Choden TOTAL: 2541 VOTE %     68.09 % EVM     1496 POSTAL     1045

Choeki Wangmo TOTAL: 1191 VOTE %     31.91 % EVM     866 POSTAL     325

Result for Wamrong

Karma Tenzin TOTAL: 2154 VOTE %     50.63 % EVM     1410 POSTAL     744

Lhatu TOTAL: 2100 VOTE %     49.37 % EVM     1540 POSTAL     560

Tashi Yangtse

Result for Boomdeling_Jamkhar

Dupthob TOTAL: 2346 VOTE %     51.25 % EVM     1767 POSTAL     579

Thukten Tshering TOTAL: 2232 VOTE %     48.75 % EVM     1513 POSTAL     719

Result for Khamdang_Ramjar

Sonam Dondup Dorjee TOTAL: 2475 VOTE %     51.79 % EVM     1805 POSTAL     670

Kesang Wangdi TOTAL: 2304 VOTE %     48.21 % EVM     1824 POSTAL     480

Trongsa

Result for Draagteng_Langthil

Namgay Dorji TOTAL: 2010 VOTE %     56.11 % EVM     1644 POSTAL     366

Rinchen Dorji TOTAL: 1572 VOTE %     43.89 % EVM     1339 POSTAL     233

Result for Nubi_Tangsibji

Nidup Zangpo TOTAL: 1393 VOTE %     51.16 % EVM     1167 POSTAL     226

Kaentsho Sumpai Dhendup TOTAL: 1330 VOTE %     48.84 % EVM     966 POSTAL     364

Tsirang

Result for Kilkhorthang_Mendrelgang

Yogesh Tamang TOTAL: 5268 VOTE %     65.97 % EVM     4564 POSTAL     704

Yangku Tshering Sherpa TOTAL: 2718 VOTE %     34.03 % EVM     2400 POSTAL     318

Result for Sergithang_Tsirang Toed

Navin Darlami TOTAL: 4931 VOTE %     67.85 % EVM     4231 POSTAL     700

Udya Chandra Bhandari TOTAL: 2336 VOTE %     32.15 % EVM     2081 POSTAL     255

Wangdue Phodrang

Result for Athang_Thedtsho

Tandin Wangchuk TOTAL: 3831 VOTE %     59.88 % EVM     3199 POSTAL     632

Pasang Thrinlee TOTAL: 2567 VOTE %     40.12 % EVM     2352 POSTAL     215

Result for Nyishog_Saephu

Kuenga TOTAL: 3648 VOTE %     52.38 % EVM     3128 POSTAL     520

Gyem Dorji TOTAL: 3316 VOTE %     47.62 % EVM     3064 POSTAL     252

Zhemgang

Result for Bardo_Trong

Lekey Dorji TOTAL: 3149 VOTE %     58.27 % EVM     1934 POSTAL     1215

Gyambo Tshering TOTAL: 2255 VOTE %     41.73 % EVM     1577 POSTAL     678

Result for Panbang

Dorji Wangdi TOTAL: 1906 VOTE %     50.56 % EVM     1402 POSTAL     504

Tshering TOTAL: 1864 VOTE %     49.44 % EVM     1361 POSTAL     503

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