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Karma Lhamo
Karma Lhamo (born 6 May 1978) is a Bhutanese educator and politician. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2008, becoming one of its first female members elected under universal suffrage. Biography Lhamo was born in Tshakaling in May 1978,Aum Karma Lhamo KCD Productions the daughter of a Lam Neten. She was educated at Monggar School, and earned a BA in psychology at Mount Carmel College in and a post-graduate certificate in education from the National Institute of Education. In 2006 she began work as a teache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Bhutan)
The National Assembly is the elected lower house of Bhutan's bicameral Parliament which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Council. It is the more powerful house. Current National Assembly The current National Assembly has 47 members, first elected in the inaugural general election on March 24, 2008. Jigme Thinley's Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) Party won a landslide victory, securing 45 seats. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the other two, but its leader, Sangay Ngedup, lost the election in his constituency. Under the 2008 Constitution, Article 12, section 1, the National Assembly consists of a maximum of 55 members directly elected by the citizens of constituencies within each '' Dzongkhag'' (District). Under this single-winner voting system, each constituency is represented by a single National Assembly member; each of the 20 ''Dzongkhags'' must be represented by between 2–7 members. Constituencies are reapportioned every 10 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Bhutanese National Assembly Election
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan on 31 May and 13 July 2013.Notification on Second Parliamentary Elections 2013: National Assembly Election Commission of Bhutan The result was a victory for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which won 32 of the 47 seats. The elections were the second general elections to occur in Bhutan since former King ushered in democratic reforms. Background By law, the National Assembly is required to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The National Assembly (Bhutan)
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Bhutanese Educators
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Mount Carmel College, Bangalore Alumni
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Living People
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1978 Births
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Sherab Gyeltshen
Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen ( dz, དྲག་ཤོས་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན།; born ) is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs from November 2018 to 6 May 2021 when he resigned. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to May 6, 2021. Career Gyeltshen worked with Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs for 11 years. On 24 April 1991, he was appointed as Dzongdag for Lhuntse District and also served as the Dzongdag for Samtse District and Thimphu District. He has also served as justice of High Court of Bhutan and also served as a Secretary of Dzongkha Development Commission. On 14 May 2018, Gyeltshen received 1,086 votes and was elected as the vice president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) just five months before the Third National Assembly Election. He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Monggar constituency. He received 3,763 votes and defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bhutanese National Assembly Election
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan in 2018; the first round was held on 15 September and the second round on 18 October. The ruling People's Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay came third in the first round of voting, unexpectedly failing to advance to the second round and resulting in it losing all 32 seats. The second round was a contest between the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, the only other party with parliamentary representation, and the unrepresented Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, which received the most votes in the first round. Electoral system The 47 members of the National Assembly are elected from single-member constituencies. Primary elections are held in which voters cast votes for parties. The top two parties are then able to field candidates in the main round of voting, in which members are elected using first-past-the-post voting. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherub Gyeltshen
Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen ( dz, དྲག་ཤོས་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན།; born ) is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs from November 2018 to 6 May 2021 when he resigned. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to May 6, 2021. Career Gyeltshen worked with Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs for 11 years. On 24 April 1991, he was appointed as Dzongdag for Lhuntse District and also served as the Dzongdag for Samtse District and Thimphu District. He has also served as justice of High Court of Bhutan and also served as a Secretary of Dzongkha Development Commission. On 14 May 2018, Gyeltshen received 1,086 votes and was elected as the vice president of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) just five months before the Third National Assembly Election. He was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan in the 2018 elections for the Monggar constituency. He received 3,763 votes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Bhutanese National Assembly Election
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 24 March 2008. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections; Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, led by Jigme Y. Thinley, which was formed by the merger of the Bhutan People's United Party and All People's Party, and the People's Democratic Party (PDP). A third political party, the Bhutan National Party (BNP), had its application for the registration refused. Electoral system The elections for the 47 seats of the National Assembly were planned to be held in two rounds: In the first round, voters would have voted for a party. The two parties with the largest share of the national vote would then have been able to field candidates in the 47 constituencies. However, as only two parties successfully registered for the election, the election was held in one round. Background On 21 April 2007, a mock election was held to prepare the population of Bhutan for the imminent change t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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