The Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) of Phuentsholing police station refused to register the harassment case of a 27-year old on 18 April. Yangchen (name changed on request), is an employee with a private firm based in Phuentsholing. She reported to the Phuentsholing police station after she received numerous …

The voters of Samdrup Jongkhar elected Jigme Wangchuk, 33 as their choice yet again. He secured 5,213 votes including postal ballot. The two other contestants Kinga Dorji and Sangay Lhendup secured 2,434 and 1,784 votes respectively. As he thanked the voters Jigme Wangchuk said the promises he made during the …

The Zhemgang police detained 33-year old man after he was accused of raping a 19-year old girl in her house on the afternoon of 16 April. The incident took place in Zhemgang and the complaint was filed by the victim’s father who during the time of incident was out for …

Former school principal and 2008 PDP candidate Kaka Tshering from Paro edged a victory over his four other rivals in Paro with 2,422 votes of which the Electronic Voting Machine votes 2,190 and the Postal Ballot votes were 232 votes. The others who were not were far behind were Kinley …

This former Samtse Chimi and DPT member who is believed to have had an influential role in the 2008 elections won with a landslide majority even though he had to go up against six other candidates. Sangay Khandu won in Samtse with 9,907 votes of which 9,144 was from EVM …

In Gasa incumbent NC MP Sangay Khandu (34) won by securing 603 votes of which 565 votes is from EVM and 38 votes are from Postal Ballots. He said, “First I am happy that I will be able to serve for another five years and I wonder if I can …

Nima Gyeltshen, 29 nominated from Chang Gewog secured the most votes in Thimphu Dzongkhag. 2,250 people voted for him, of which 137 were postal ballots. After the elections, Nima said “people have shown faith and trust in me. They really understood whatever I said during the common forums.” He worked …

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  The National Council Elections have thrown up more surprises for candidates and observers alike giving us an intriguing look into the minds of Bhutanese voters. The first major noticeable trend is what seems to be an unhappy and unimpressed electorate who has voted out the majority of incumbent NC …

As per the latest results from the Election Commission of Bhutan the winners are as follwos. In Trongsa Tharchen (33) won by getting 1862 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes and 221 Postal Ballot (PB) votes leading to a total of 2083 votes. In Bumthang Nima (34) has won by securing …