Ensuring Free and Fair Elections and Referendums
This is for information of the general public that Thursday, 6th January, 2022 is the Poll Day for the eight Gewogs where the Third Local Government Elections have been deferred. The Election Commission of Bhutan declares the above day as a Public Holiday in these Gewogs. All offices, institutions, shops
Read MoreThis is for information of the general public that Section 305 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 provides: “No candidate or political party shall convene public meetings and campaign on the day of the poll and during forty-eight hours preceding the hour fixed for commencement of poll.” In
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance of Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby issues this notification for Bye-Election to Khamdang_Ramjar National Assembly Demkhong under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag. khamdang-ramjarDownload
Read MoreThis is for the general information of all concerned that the Paper Ballot Facilitation Booth (PBFB) operations that started yesterday for the ongoing LG Elections, 2021 are being deferred to tomorrow in the Dzongkhags where there have been heavy snowfall. Recognizing the risk involved in the movement of commuters and
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, the election results of the polls for the Third Local Government Elections held in the 205 Gewogs of the 20 Dzongkhags, 14 Dzongkhag Thromdes
Read MoreThis is for information of the general public that Wednesday, 22nd December, 2021 is the Poll Day for the Third Local Government Elections, 2021. The Election Commission of Bhutan declares the above day as a Public Holiday in all the 20 Dzongkhags including Thimphu, Phuentshogling, Gelegphu and Samdrup Jongkhar Thromdes.
Read MoreThis is for information of the general public that Section 305 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 provides: “No candidate or political party shall convene public meetings and campaign on the day of the poll and during forty-eight hours preceding the hour fixed for commencement of poll.” In
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The Election Commission of Bhutan organized the Service Award ceremony on 15th December, 2021 for the following officials: Mr. Sonam Tobgyal, Director, ECB was awarded silver medal for his 20 years of dedicated service.Aum Yeshey Dema was awarded the life time service medal for dedicated service to the Tsa-Wa-Sum. The ECB would
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifies the general public that the Paper Ballot Facilitation Booth (PBFB) and Mobile Voting Booth (MVB) for the 3rd Local Government Elections will be launched from 11th to 15th December, 2021 in all the 20 Dzongkhags. There are 96,084 voters registered to vote
Read MoreThis is for information of all the registered voters that the Paper Ballot Facilitation Booth for the third Local Government Elections, 2021 will be operating from 11th -15th December, 2021 in all the 20 Dzongkhags. The PBFB centers for voters of 20 Dzongkhags residing in Thimphu are identified as in Table
Read MoreThis is to inform the general public that the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is in receipt of letter No. RAA/AG-SP/16/2021-2022/113 dated 6th December, 2021 from the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) concerning its decision to reconsider the audit clearances of 9 candidates that had been revoked earlier. Upon receipt of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF-01/2021/5357 dated November 10, 2021 and as required under Section 118 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan (2008), is pleased to hereby issue the final Electoral Roll and Postal Voters List for the Third Local Government Elections, 2021. The final Electoral Roll, after
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to remind all the eligible voters to verify and ensure that you are included in the Electoral Roll and Postal Voters’ List and that your details are correctly reflected as notified vide Notification No. ECB/Notif-01/2021/5357 Dated 10th November, 2021. The last date for
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The Election Commission of Bhutan, as required under Section 112 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 and Section 4.1 of the Postal Ballots Rules and Regulations of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2018, is pleased to notify the general public that the Draft Electoral Roll and Postal
Read MoreThis is to notify the general public that in the ongoing preparations for the Third Local Government Elections (LG), 2021, it has been observed that a number of aspiring candidates are found registered as members of Political Parties and consequently do not qualify to contest as candidates in the upcoming
Read MoreThis is for the information of all registered voters that the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has extended the last date for registration of postal ballot till 5:00 P.M of 10th November, 2021. This is being done in order to facilitate higher postal ballot registration and thereby reduce crowding on
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance of Section 197 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, herein calls the Third Local Government elections under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan for the elections to the Gewog Tshogdes of 205 Gewogs, 16 Dzongkhag Thromde Ngotshabs and
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The Election Commission of Bhutan started, today, the training programme for the Electoral Officers who will be deputed on election duty for the Third Local Government elections, 2021 as Returning Officers, National Observers and Media Arbitrator. The programme will be held for two batches of officers from 21st – 22nd
Read More༉ འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ མི་མང་ལུ་གསལ་བསྒྲགས་འབད་ནི་ དེ་ཡང་ སྤྱི་ལོ་༢༠༢༡ ས་གནས་གཞུང་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ཐེངས་གསུམ་པའི་དོན་ལུ་ སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༠༡.༡༠.༢༠༢༡ ལུ་ འགོ་འདྲེན་འཐབ་ཡོད་པའི་ འབྲི་ལྷག་ཤེས་ཡོན་དང་རིག་རྩལ་བརྟག་དཔྱད་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྱི་གྲུབ་འབྲུས་ཚུ་ ད་རེས་ ༼སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༡༨.༡༠.༢༠༢༡ ལུ་༽ གསལ་བསྒྲགས་འབདཝ་ཨིནམ་ད་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཕུལ་ཡོད་མི་ཚུ་གིས་ རང་སོའི་གྲུབ་འབྲས་ཀྱི་ཁ་གསལ་ཚུ་ ཡོངས་འབྲེལ་གྱི་ཐོག་ལས་ https://dramig.ecb.bt/flt/result ནང་གཟིགས་གནང་ཟེར་ཞུ་ནི་དང་ མཐར་འཁྱོལ་མི་ཚུ་ལུ་ ལག་ཁྱེར་འདི་ བདུན་ཕྲག་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ནང་འཁོད་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཕུལ་སའི་ རྫོང་ཁག་བཙག་འཐུ་ཡིག་ཚང་ལས་ འཐོབ་ཚུགས་ཟེར་ཞུ་ནི།
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to inform the general public, government agencies, non-government organizations and local government functionaries that the incumbent local government will complete its tenure on 26th October, 2021. As per Section 202 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, the Local
Read MoreWith immense pleasure, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to inform the general public that the Judiciary of the Kingdom of Bhutan has generously facilitated the accommodation of the Dzongkhag Election Offices in the premises of respective Dzongkhag Courts across the country. Eight of the twenty Dzongkhag Election Offices
Read Moreའབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ཁ་ཐུག་ལས་ མི་མང་ལུ་བརྡ་འཕྲིན་སྤེལ་ནི་དེ་ཡང་ ས་གནས་གཞུང་གཉིས་པའི་གནས་ཡུན་འདི་ ཧ་ལམ་ཚང་རན་དོ་ཡོདཔ་ལས་ སྤྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༡ ས་གནས་གཞུང་གསུམ་པའི་བཙག་འཐུའི་ནང་ དོ་འགྲན་འབད་ནི་ལུ་རེ་འདོད་ཡོད་མི་ དང་འདོད་ཅན་གྱི་མི་ངོམ་ཚུ་གིས་ དགོས་མཁོ་ཅན་གྱི་ཡིག་ཆ་ཚུ་ ད་ལྟོ་ལས་རང་ གྲ་སྒྲིག་མཛད་གནང་དགོ་པའི་ ཞུ་བ་ཕུལ་ནི་ཨིན། dathin-1Download
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to notify all the eligible voters, wishing to avail the Postal Ballot Facility for the upcoming 3rd Local Government Elections 2021, to register with the ECB. In the light of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country, the ECB is extending the
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the general public that the Functional Literacy Test (FLT) was held on 1st of October 2021 in 152 test centers across the country. As in the past, test centers were taken to the Gewog level to encourage people to take part
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) will be celebrating the 8th National Voters’ Day (NVD) on 15th of September 2021 coinciding with the International Day of Democracy. The theme for the NVD is “Managing Elections Amid COVID-19 Pandemic.” The NVD could not be observed in the year 2020 because of the
Read More༉ འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ མི་མང་ལུ་ཞུ་དོན་དེ་ཡང་ ལྷན་ཚོགས་ལས་ སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༠༢-༠༨-༢༠༢༡ ལུ་སྤེལ་ཡོད་པའི་བརྡ་འཕྲིན་ཨང་ ཨི་སི་བི་/བརྡ་འཕྲིན-༠༡-༢༠༢༡/༤༨༡༣ ཅན་མ་དང་འཁྲིལཝ་ད་ སྤྱི་ལོ་༢༠༢༡ ས་གནས་གཞུང་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ཐེངས་གསུམ་པའི་དོན་ལུ་ འབྲི་ལྷག་ཤེས་ཡོན་དང་རིག་རྩལ་བརྟག་དཔྱད་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྱི་དོན་ལས་ ཐོ་བཀོད་འབད་ནིའི་ཚེས་གྲངས་མཇུག་འདི་ སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༡༥-༠༩-༢༠༢༡ ལུ་ཨིན་རུང་ ད་ཚུན་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྱི་དོན་ལུ་ ཐོ་བཀོད་འབད་མི་ཨམ་སྲུའི་གྱངས་ཁ་ ཉུང་སུ་ཅིག་ལས་མེདཔ་ལས་ ཨམ་སྲུ་ཚུ་གི་ཕོ་མོ་འདྲ་མཉམ་སྦེ་ བཙག་འཐུའི་རིང་ལུགས་ནང་ བཅའ་མར་གཏོགས་ནིའི་དོན་ལུ་ ཐོ་བཀོད་འབད་ནིའི་ཚེས་གྲངས་མཇུག་འདི་ སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༢༠-༠༩-༢༠༢༡ ལུ་ ཕར་འཕུལ་འབད་དེ་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན། དེ་འབདཝ་ལས་ དང་འདོད་ཅན་གྱི་ཕོ་མོ་ ཐོ་བཀོད་གྲུབ་པའི་ཚོགས་རྒྱན་སྐྱུར་མི་ཚུ་གིས་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྱི་དོན་ལུ་ ག་དེ་མགྱོགས་མགྱོགས་ ཐོ་བཀོད་མཛད་གནང་དགོ་པའི་དྲན་སྐུལ་ལུ། རང་ལུགས་གནམ་ལོ་ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ ཟླ་༨ པའི་ཚེས་ ༤ ལུའམ་ སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༡༠-༠༩-༢༠༢༡ ལུ་སྤེལ།
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The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) hosted a simple ceremony on the occasion of the appointment of new Directors of the ECB on 26th August 2021. Mr. Phub Dorji is appointed as Director of the Secretariat and Mr. Sonam Tobgyal as Director of the Department of Election at the ECB. Prior
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to announce the result of the selection interview held on 17th August 2021 for the vacant posts in the Executive Positions
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) hosted the meeting of the 11th Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) on 11th August 2021 in the Great Fourth Auditorium of the ECB in Thimphu. The annual FEMBoSA meeting is being hosted, turn-wise, among the Election Management Bodies (EMBs) of
Read More༉ འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ མི་དམངས་ལུ་ཞུ་དོན་འདི་ཡང་ གཤམ་འཁོད་ལས་འཆར་བཀོད་ཡོད་མི་དང་འཁྲིལ་ སྤྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༢༡ ས་གནས་གཞུང་གསུམ་པའི་བཙག་འཐུའི་དོན་ལུ་ འབྲི་ལྷག་ཤེས་ཡོན་དང་རིག་རྩལ་བརྟག་དཔྱད་འགོ་འདྲེན་འཐབ་ནི་ཨིན་པའི་ བརྡ་འཕྲིན་སྤེལཝ་ཨིན། ༡༽ ཐོ་བཀོད་འབད་ནིའི་ཚེས་གྲངས་འགོ་བཙུགས། སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༠༣-༠༨-༢༠༢༡ ལུ། ༢༽ ཐོ་བཀོད་འབད་ནིའི་ཚེས་གྲངས་མཇུག སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༡༥-༠༩-༢༠༢༡ ལུ། ༣༽ བྲིས་རྒྱུགས་བརྟག་དཔྱད་དང་ངག་རྒྱུགས་བརྟག་དཔྱད། སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༠༡-༡༠-༢༠༢༡ ལུ། ས་གནས་གཞུང་གསུམ་པའི་བཙག་འཐུའི་དོན་ལུ་ ངེས་ཏིག་དོ་འགྲན་འབད་ནི་ཨིན་མི་ དང་འདོད་ཅན་གྱི་འདེམས་ངོ་ཚུ་གིས་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཀྱི་དོན་ལས་ཐོ་བཀོད་འདི་ ཡོངས་འབྲེལ་འཆར་སྒོ་ https://dramig.ecb.bt/flt/registration ཐོག་ལས་དང་ ཡང་ན་ བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་ཡོངས་འབྲེལ་འཆར་སྒོ་ལས་ འབྲི་ཤོག་ཕབས་ལེན་འབད་དེ་ ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ཕུལ་ནི་ཨིན་པའི་ས་གནས་ཀྱི་ རྒེད་འོག་ཡིག་ཚང་དང་ རྫོང་ཁག་བཙག་འཐུ་ཡིག་ཚང་ དེ་ལས་ འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་ཡིག་ཚང་ལྟེ་བ་གང་རུང་ཅིག་ནང་ བཀང་སྟེ་ཕུལ་དགོཔ་ཨིན། གཞན་ བྲིས་རྒྱུགས་དང་བརྟག་དཔྱད་ལྟེ་བའི་སྐོར་ལས་ དོགས་སེལ་འབད་དགོཔ་ཡོད་པ་ཅིན་ འབྲེལ་ཡོད་རྫོང་ཁག་བཙག་འཐུ་ཡིག་ཚང་དང་འབྲེལ་བ་མཛད་གནང་། ཨིན་རུང་ ཧེ་མ་ལས་ ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ཁ་ཐུག་ལས་གནང་ཡོད་པའི་ འབྲི་ལྷག་ཤེས་ཡོན་དང་རིག་རྩལ་བརྟག་དཔྱད་མཐར་འཁྱོར་ཡོད་པའི་ ལག་ཁྱེར་འཆང་ཡོད་པ་ཅིན་ ལོག་ཆོས་རྒྱུགས་ནང་བཅའ་མར་གཏོགས་མ་དགོཔ་ཨིན། རང་ལུགས་གནམ་ལོ་ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ ཟླ་༦ པའི་ཚེས་ ༢༤ ལུའམ་ སྤྱི་ལོ་
Read MoreIt has come to the notice of the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) that some aspiring candidates for the upcoming Third Local Government elections, 2021 are carrying out informal election campaigning. The ECB would like to remind the general public that any form of election campaigning is not allowed prior
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan under Section 443 and 447 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Mrs. Karma Lhamo of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa has been elected as the representative from Monggar National Assembly Demkhong of Monggar Dzongkhag and Mr. Karma
Read MoreThis is for kind information of the general public that Section 305 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 provides: “No candidate or political party shall convene public meetings and campaign on the day of the poll and during forty-eight hours preceding the hour fixed for commencement of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF-01/2021/4557 dated 21st May, 2021 and as required under Section 118 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, is pleased to hereby issue the Final Electoral Roll for the Monggar and Nganglam National Assembly Demkhongs under Monggar and Pema
Read MoreThis is for the information of all registered voters of the National Assembly Bye-Elections for Monggar and Nganglam Demkhongs that the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has extended the last date for registration of postal ballot till 5:00 P.M of 31st May, 2021 due to the current pandemic situation and
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), as required under Sections 112 and 113 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 and Section 4.1 of the Postal Ballots Rules and Regulations of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2018, is pleased to notify the public that the Draft Electoral Roll
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in obedience to the Royal Decree of His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo issued on 14th May, 2021 and in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby issue this notification for Bye-Elections to Monggar and Nganglam
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, the results of the Thromde Elections held on 28th April 2021 for the three Dzongkhag Thromdes of Thimphu, Phuentshogling and Gelegphu. Out of the total of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to announce the result of the selected candidate for the post of Personal Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan. The selected candidate must join the office with effect from May 1, 2021 and complete the formalities. If the selected candidate opt not
Read MoreThis is for kind information of the general public that Wednesday, 28th April 2021 is the Poll Day for Third Thromde Elections, 2021. Therefore, the Election Commission of Bhutan declares the above day as a Public Holiday in Thimphu, Phuentshogling and Gelegphu Thromdes. All offices, educational institutes, shops and businesses
Read MoreThis is for kind information of the general public that Section 305 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 provides: “No candidate or political party shall convene public meetings and campaign on the day of the poll and during forty-eight hours preceding the hour fixed for commencement of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to announce that the following applicants for the post of Personal Secretary to Hon’ble CEC have been shortlisted for the final viva interview. 1. Miss. Norbu Zangmo 10903001809 2. Miss. Rosemela Chhetri 11307000126 3. Mr. Tashi Wangchuk 10712000508 4. Miss Kinzang Dema 11513001462 5. Mr. Tandin Wangchuk 12004000474 a) Date
Read MoreThe selection interview of the shortlisted candidates for the post of Sr. Legal Officer has been deferred due to unavoidable circumstances. Inconveniences caused is highly regretted.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to announce the shortlisted applicants for the following vacant posts. For the Post of Personal Secretary: Mr. Cheki Wangchuk 11104004018 Mr. Tashi Wangchuk 10712000508 Miss Karma Cheki 11604000767 Miss Kinzang Dema 11513001462 Miss Rosemela Chhetri 11307000126 Miss Norbu Zangmo 10903001809 Miss Lachi Maya Monger 11810001793 Miss Kinzang Chogyel Wangmo 10308002263 Miss
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF-01/2021/4250 dated 17th March 2021 and as required under Section 118 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, is pleased to hereby issue the Final Electoral Roll for the Dzongkhag Thromdes of Thimphu, Phuentshogling and Gelegphu. The Final Electoral Roll,
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to announce the following vacancies on open competition as mentioned below: Senior Legal Officer Position Level: EM3/P3 Slot: 1 Qualification: i) Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field; ii) Must possess a minimum of 3 years of work experiences in a relevant field; iii) Must have served a minimum of 2
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the results of the bye-elections to the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpas and Thromde Tshogde Tshogpa with Polls held on 19th March 2021. The details of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), as required under Sections 112 and 113 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 and Section 4.1 of the Postal Ballots Rules and Regulations of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2018, is pleased to notify the public that the Draft Electoral Roll
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The Election Commission of Bhutan is conducting a training workshop for the Electoral Officers who will be deputed on election duty for the Third Thromde elections, 2021 as Returning Officers, National Observers, Election Security Focal Officer and Media Arbitrator. The training workshop is being conducted over two days, from 11th
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to notify that the registered voters of Thimphu, Phuentshogling and Gelegphu Thromdes, wishing to avail the Postal Ballot facility for the upcoming Thromde Elections 2021, must register with the ECB. You can register online at https://berms.ecb.bt/postal/registration For manual registration, the form can be downloaded
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance of Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby calls Bye-Elections for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Jagarthang Chiwog of Lamgong Gewog under Paro Dzongkhag where vacancy occurred due to the demise of incumbent;
Read MoreThis is for the information of the general public that election campaign shall be permitted from the date of issue of notification calling the Local Government elections by the Election Commission of Bhutan. Thereupon, campaigning shall end forty-eight hours prior to the hour fixed for the commencement of poll for
Read MoreIn pursuance of Article 24(4) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Delimitation Commission of Bhutan is pleased to notify the general public that the 3rd Local Government Elections in 2021 (for the Thromde Tshogdes and the Gewog Tshogdes) shall be conducted as per the Delimitation Orders issued
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to notify the general public that the Functional Literacy and Possession of Skills Test for the three Dzongkhag Thromdes of Thimphu, Phuentshogling and Gelegphu shall be as per the schedule given here-under: (1) Last date of registration 15th February 2021 (2) Written Test and Viva
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), in pursuance of Section 202 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby notifies the general public that the Thromde Tshogdes of Thimphu, Phuentshogling and Gelegphu will be completing their term of office on 26th February 2021. In the light of
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On the auspicious occasion of the 113th National Day, the Chief Election Commissioner Dasho Sonam Topgay was awarded Bura-Marp by His Majesty the King, for his utmost dedication and services to the country and the people. The staff of the Election Commission of Bhutan would like to offer our sincere Tashi
Read MoreThe Civil Service Award ceremony was held on 15th December 2020 at the Great Fourth Auditorium, ECB. The ceremony started with the recitation of Trashi Gyalpa and Zhabten to His Majesty The King, followed by conferring of the award to the recipients. A total of 20 employees received the award today. The
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan under Sections 443 and 447 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Dawa of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa has been elected as the representative from Chhoekhor_Tang National Assembly Demkhong of Bumthang Dzongkhag at the poll held on
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the Results of the Bye-Election to the post of Gup in Boomdeling Gewog under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag and Mangmi in Goenshari Gewog under Punakha Dzongkhag
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to seek rates from your hotel for the conduct of HR Training. Download Document You are requested to submit your quotation on or before 20 Nov, 2020 to the address given in the document.
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On 5th November 2020, the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners took an Oath of Allegiance presided over by His Excellency, the Chief Justice of Bhutan at the Great Fourth Auditorium, ECB. The ceremony started with the recitation of Trashi Gyalpa and Zhabten to His Majesty The King,
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan earnestly request all the eligible postal voters taking part in the bye-election of Chhoekhor_Tang Demkhong under Bumthang Dzongkhag to cast their votes as soon as you receive the ballots. Media Unit Election Commission
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009 hereby calls Bye-Elections for the post of: Gup in Boomdeling Gewog under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag where vacancy occurred
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF/-01/2020/2920 dated 9th October 2020 and as required under Section 34 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 is pleased to hereby issue the Final Electoral Roll for the Bye-Election of Bumthang Dzongkhag, Chhoekhor_Tang Demkhong, 2020. The Final Electoral Roll,
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in obedience to the Royal Decree of His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo Issued on 14 th of October 2020 and in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby issues this notification for Bye-Election to Chhoekhor_Tang
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan as required under Section 112 and 113 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 is pleased to notify the public that the Draft Electoral Roll for Bye-Election of Chhoekhor_Tang Demkhong is hereby being issued for public inspection and filing of Claims and
Read MoreThe Statistical Information on Bhutan’s Third Parliamentary Elections 2018 is the second publication of election data by the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB). This document provides comprehensive statistical information related to the Third Parliamentary Elections. This publication will provide information related to voters, voter turnout, election officials and information related to elections.
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The Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased that its website has been adjudged the First position in Autonomous and Corporate Category and Second Runners Up out of 129 evaluated websites in the National Website Competition (2019-20).
Read MoreIn view of the rapidly evolving situation in the region regarding COVID-19, the Election Commission of Bhutan would like to notify that issuance of Voter Photo Identity Card (VPIC) is suspended till further notice.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the Results of the Bye-Election to the post of Gup in Phongmed Gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Pemashong_Samshing Gaden Chiwog of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Dhaka, Bangladesh - 1 March 2020 Dhaka, Bangladesh- Paro-4 March 2020 The quotation must be submitted in sealed envelope to this office on or before 14 February 2020
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009 hereby calls Bye-Elections for the post of Gup in Phongmey Gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to invite Expression of Interest (EoI) from the eligible Bhutanese firms having valid license for the enhancement of Bhutan Electoral Registration Management System (BERMS). A detailed set of documents can be downloaded from below. Standard Request for Expression of Interest Terms of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby declares the results for the Following Posts: Messenger Driver
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby announces the SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES for the post of Messenger and Driver. The interview for the same shall be conducted on 13th of November 2019 in the Democracy House (ECB Head Office) at 10:00 AM sharp. Messenger Driver All the shortlisted candidates must bring their original certificates,
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Bangkok-Srilanka – 13 November 2019 Srilanka-Bangkok-18 November 2019 (Required afternoon flight) Bangkok- Paro- 20 November 2019 The quotation must be submitted in sealed envelope to this office on
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to invite interested Bhutanese citizens to apply for the following vacant post: Driver Position Level: D4 Slot: 1 Qualification: Class VIII passed with valid driving license (minimum of 3 Years of driving experience) Placement: ECB, HQ Employment Type: Regular Messenger Position Level: GSP Slot: 1 Qualification: Class X passed Placement: ECB, HQ Employment Type: Contract Interested applicants are requested
Read MorePartnership between the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) began in 2012, with the latter assisting the ECB in development and enhancement of capacity, steered towards delivering civic and electoral education and training services in Bhutan. Within the ECB, the Electoral
Read MoreElections allow the general voters to choose their representatives and express their preferences and concerns on how they wish to be governed. As a result, the integrity of the election process is fundamental to the integrity of democracy itself. The election system must be sufficiently robust to withstand a variety of fraudulent
Read MoreThe two days Consultative Meeting on Determinants of Voter’s Choice and Ways to Facilitate Women’s Participation in Elective Office held in Kichu Resort, Paro, Bhutan from 14th to 15th of October 2014 was a follow-up to the Resolution No. 11 taken of the 4th Meeting of the Forum of the
Read MoreIn Bhutan, as elsewhere in any developing and nurturing democracy, the number of women contesting elections and being elected are low in comparison to men and the issues of inadequate representation of women in the elective offices are raised more often. The number of women being nominated and elected to the
Read MoreAs Bhutan celebrated its 100 glorious years of Monarchy in 2008 under the reign of the Wangchuk Dynasty, the country became a Democratic Constitutional Monarchy. The democratic transition was marked by the conduct of first ever Parliamentary Elections. The elections saw a voter turnout of 53.05% in the National Council
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the Results of the Bye-Election to the post of Gup of Boomdeling Gewog under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde Tshogpas of Dorithasa_Kowkha_Yangtse Chiwog of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is celebrating the National Voters' Day (NVD) on 15th of September 2019 on the theme Participation as a Natural Responsibility through Democracy Club Meets to Engage and Empower the Youth in all 20 Dzongkhags. The NVD celebrations also coincides with the International Democracy Day
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009 hereby calls Bye-Elections for the post of: - Gup in Boomdeling Gewog under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Bangalore (Via New Delhi)- 2 September 2019 Bangalore- Paro (Via New Delhi)- 5 September 2019 The quotation must be submitted in sealed envelope to this office on or
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to invite sealed quotation from the eligible Bhutanese supplier having valid business license for the supply of office furniture/ICT Equipmet/ Ofice partition Works and supply of Floor Carpet for the FY2019-20. A detailed set of Standard Bidding Document (SBD) can be downloaded
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Kolkata-Mumbai- 26 July 2019 Aurangabad-Kolkata- Paro- 31 July 2019 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 22 July 2019 before 10AM. The tender will be opened
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Kolkata-Mumbai- 26 July 2019 Aurangabad-Kolkata- Paro- 31 July 2019 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 22 July 2019 before 10AM. The tender will be opened
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the Results of the Bye-Election to the post of Gup in Chang Gewog under Thimphu Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde Tshogpas in Ngalimang_Phanteng Chiwog under Trashi
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Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009 hereby calls Bye-Elections for the post of Gup in Chang Gewog under Thimphu Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to invite expression of interest from the eligible Bhutanese firm/individual having valid license for the Procurement of Consulting Services (SRFP) for the “Development and Implementation of the System for the Management of Political parties Membership and Books of Accounts”. A detailed set
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to invite sealed quotation from the eligible Bhutanese supplier having valid business license for the supply of office stationery/Electrical & Plumbing Items/ICT Equipment/ Office Equipment/Catering Services/ Hire of Vehicle/ Vehicle maintenance & spare parts/ Tyres and Printing works for the FY2019-20. A
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby declares the results for the Following Posts: 1. Assistant Dzongkhag Electoral Registration Officers [Download] 2. Assistant Language (Dzongkha) Officer [Download]
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby announce the final list of SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES based on the Written Examination and Academic Marks obtained in class X, XII and Degree in accordance to Section 7.4.2.1 of the ECB Service Rules & Regulations 2017, and calls for the Interview for the following Posts: 1. Assistant
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby announces the SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES for Interview for the following Posts 1. Assistant Dzongkhag Electoral Registration Officers 2. Assistant Language (Dzongkha) Officer The shortlisting of candidates are done based on the Written Examination conducted to 20th of April, 2019. Please Note: 1. Date of Interview: 29th April 2019 2. Venue: BCP
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the Results of the Bye-Election to the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Gomsoom chiwog under Tsirang Dzongkhag and Local Government election in two vacant demkhongs
Read MorePlease find below your Index Number and Room Allocation for the Written Examination for the post of Assistant Dzongkhag Electoral Registration Officer and Assistant Language (Dzongkha) Officer. Reminder: Venue: Rinchen Higher Secondary School, Chang Gidaphu, Thimphu Date: 20th of April, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Sharp >>DOWNLOAD HERE<<
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform all the successful applicants for the vacant posts announced on 27/03/2019 to report at Rinchen Higher Secondary School, Chang Gidaphu, Thimphu at 10:00 AM sharp on 20/04/2019 for Written Examination. Please contact HRD @ 17677161 during office hours for further clarification.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is pleased to invite sealed quotation from the eligible Bhutanese supplier having valid business license for the supply of Books/ Office Equipment and Printing Works. A detailed set of Standard Bidding Document (SBD) can be downloaded as below: Standard Bidding Document Public Hearing Report-Cover Public Hearing Document Annexures The
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro- New Delhi- 10 May 2019 New Delhi- Paro 13 May 2019 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 8 April 2019 before 10AM. The tender
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Bangkok: - 10 May 2019 Bangkok-Philippines (Manila): - 11 May 2019 {(Preferred afternoon flight) BKK Time} Philippines-Singapore: - 15 May 2019 {(Preferred afternoon flight), Philippines time} Singapore-
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance of Sections 577, 579 & 197 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby calls Bye-Election for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Narphung Chiwog under Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag resulted upon the demise of the incumbent Tshogpa and Goomsom Chiwog under Tsirang
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: New Delhi-Paro- 4 April 2019 Paro-New Delhi- 7 April 2019 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 2 April 2019 before 10AM. The tender will be
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to invite interested Bhutanese citizens to apply for the following vacant post: Sl# Position Title Position Level Slots Qualification & Experience Placement Employment Type 1 Assistant Dzongkhag Electoral Registration Officer EM5 (P5) 4 1. Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 55% aggregate 2. Should have IT background 3. Be well versed in both Dzongkha and English 1.Election Office, Bumthang 2.Election
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Bangkok- 14 April 2019 Bangkok-Jakarta, Indonesia- 15 April 2019 {preferred arrival time after 2PM (Indonesian time)} Jakarta, Indonesia- Bangkok- 18 April 2019 {Departure time after 12PM (Indonesian time)} Bangkok- Paro-20
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, as required under the Public Election Fund Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 (PEF Act 2008) herein informs the general public that the Report on the State Finance and Election Returns pertaining to the Election Campaign for the National Assembly Elections, 2018 is hereby
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Delhi- 23 January 2019 Delhi-Paro- 26 January 2019 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 10 January 2019 before 10AM. The tender will be opened on
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Mr. Dorji Gyeltshen has been successfully elected as the Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa for Wangkha Chiwog with the polls held on 1st of January 2018. The overall Voter
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009, hereby calls The Bye-Election for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Wangkha Chiwog of Bjagchhog Gewog
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Mr Jamyang and Ms Chencho Wangmo have been successfully elected as the Gup for Samkhar Gewog and Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa for in Guma_Wolakha Chiwog respectively with
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009 hereby calls Bye-Election for the post of Gup in Samkhar Gewog under Trashigang Dzongkhag and Gewog Tshogde
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro - Bangkok - 5th November 2018 Bangkok - Incheon (South Korea) - 6th November 2018 Incheon (South Korea) - Bangkok - 17th November 2018 Bangkok - Paro - 19th
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has the honour to report to the People of Bhutan on the key details related to the Third National Assembly General Elections 2018 in the 47 Demkhongs of the twenty Dzongkhags with Poll Day on 18th of October 2018.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan under Section 443 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 has the honour to hereby notify the names of the Candidates elected from the 47 National Assembly Demkhongs in the Third Parliamentary Election 2018: General Election to National Assembly 2018 with the
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to remind the general public that Thursday, the 18th of October 2018 is the Poll Day for the General Elections 2018, in all the 47 Demkhongs of the 20 Dzongkhags. The above-mentioned Poll Day is a Public Holiday except for hotels and essential service
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in continuation to the Notification No.: ECB/CEC-04/2018/909 dated 11th of October 2018, would like to update the general public on the election disputes related to the General Elections of the National Assembly 2018. Case #4: Complaint lodged by Sangay Phurba, General Secretary of DPT against Namgay
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to release the following information related to the operation of the Postal Ballot Facilitation and Mobile Booths on 10th, 11th and 12th of October 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags as part of the General Elections 2018. 1. Out of 102,363 (46,598 male and 55,765
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public on the 10 cases received and decided till date through the Election Dispute Settlement System, in relation to the General Election of the National Assembly 2018. The details of the 6 cases in Appeal Period and 4 cases
Read MoreThis is to inform the general public that the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth will be operating on 10th, 11th and 12th of October 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags. All registered postal voters are reminded and urged to turn out at the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth of your choice, between 9 am
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to inform the General Public that pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF/-01/2018/365 dated 18th of August 2018 a total of 2055 changes to Postal Ballot Registration were made as of 24th of September 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags for the ongoing General Elections. These
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Bangkok- 5 October 2018 Bangkok- Philippines- 6 October 2018 Philippines- Bangkok- 11 October 2018 Bangkok-Paro- 13 October 2018 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 28 September 2018 before
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has the honour to report to the People of Bhutan that the Polls for the Primary Round of elections to the Third National Assembly 2018 in the 47 Demkhongs of the twenty Dzongkhags were successfully conducted on 15 th of September 2018.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan has the honour, under Section 442 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, to hereby declare the results of the Primary Round of Elections to the National Assembly 2018 with the Poll Day on 15 th of September 2018.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to release information related to the operation of the Postal Ballot Facilitation and Mobile Booths on 7th, 8th and 9th of September 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags as part of the Third National Assembly Elections 2018, as follows: 1. Out of 1,02,531 registered Postal
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in continuation to the Notification No.: ECB/CEC-04/2018/615 dated 9th of September 2018, would like to update the general public on the election disputes related to the Primary Rounds of the National Assembly Election 2018. Case #3: PDP query on rampant distribution of Party Cards by DNT
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to remind the general public that Saturday, the 15th of September, 2018 is the Poll Day for the Primary Round of Elections 2018, in all the 47 Demkhongs of the twenty Dzongkhags. The above-mentioned Poll Day is a Public Holiday except for hotels and
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public that it has, as of date, received a total of eight cases related to the Primary Round of the National Assembly Election 2018. Case #1: An anonymous complaint against Tandin Wangchuk, Vice President of BCCI shared by Anti-Corruption Commission The
Read MoreThis is to inform the general public that the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth will be operating on 7th, 8th and 9th of September 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags. All registered postal voters are reminded again to turn out at the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth of your choice on any of the
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the general public that the four registered Political Parties submitted their Letter of Intent within the timeframe issued in the Election Schedule notified to the public on 18th of August 2018.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF/-01/2018/365 dated 18th of August 2018 and as required under Section 34 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 is pleased to hereby issue the Final Electoral Roll for the Third Parliamentary National Assembly Election, 2018. The Final Electoral Roll,
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) in obedience to the Royal Decree of His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo Issued on 17th of August 2018 Calling the elections to the National Assembly of the Third Parliament, hereby, in accordance with the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, notifies the
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Mr. Tshering Dorji of Pangkhar_Taphel Chiwog and Mr. Sangay of Serpang_Shalli Chiwog have been successfully elected as the Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa with the polls held on
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan as required under Section 112 and 113 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 and Section 4.1 of the Postal Ballots Rules and Regulations of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2018, is pleased to notify the public that the Draft Electoral Roll and
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Sri Lanka- 26 August 2018 Sri Lanka- Bangkok- 29 August 2018 Bangkok- Paro-1 September 2018 The quotation must be submitted to this office by 6 August 2018 before 10AM. The
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan conducted training for the Electoral Officers who will be deputed on election duty for the Third National Assembly Elections 2018 as Returning/Assistant Returning Officers and National/ Micro Observers. The training programme was held on 26th and 27th of July 2018. During the opening session, the Hon’ble
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby declares the results of the VIVA (attached) conducted on 31st of July 2018 for the shortlisted candidates for post of Messenger in the Election Commission of Bhutan. Mrs. Sherab Choden, bearing CID No. 11107005233 has been SELECTED and shall be appointed with effect from 1st
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby announces the SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES for the post of Messenger Please Note: The interview for the shortlisted candidates shall be conducted on 31st of July 2018 in the Democracy House (ECB Head Office) at 10:00AM The shortlisted applicants must bring their original certificates, transcripts and other relevant
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009, hereby calls The Bye-Election for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Pangkhar_Taphel Chiwog of Boomdeling Gewog
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, as required under the Public Election Fund Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 (PEF Act 2018) herein informs the general public that the Report on the State Finance and Election Returns pertaining to the Election Campaign for the National Council Elections, 2018 is hereby
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) would like to invite interested Bhutanese citizens to apply for the vacancy as detailed below: Sl # Post No of Slots Position Level Minimum Qualification Age Limit Division 1 Messenger 1 GSP II Class VIII Minimum of 18 years and not more than 40 years Administration and Finance Division Interested candidates with high level of integrity and commitment, may
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed bids from interested ticketing agents having valid license for the purchase and issue of air tickets for: Paro-Delhi: 8 July 2018 Delhi-Paro: 14 July 2018 The rates quoted should be submitted to this office by 6 July 2018 before 10:30AM. The tender will be opened on
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A Co-ordination meeting was held on the theme “Our Mission 2018: The National Assembly Elections” from 18th to 20th of June 2018 in The Great Fourth Auditorium, Democracy House in Thimphu to review and coordinate various Programmes and activities being undertaken and planned towards the conduct of the successful Third
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed quotation from valid license holder for the supply of Election Materials/ Stationery/ Furniture/Electrical Items/Catering Services/Pool Vehicle Maintenance & Spare Parts for the FY2018-19. A detailed set of bidding document can be downloaded from the website www.ecb.bt from 22 June 2018. The deadline for
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The Election Commission of Bhutan, under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Mr Tsagay has been successfully elected as the Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa for Jangwakha_Sewala Chiwog with the polls held on 21st of June 2018. The overall Voter Turnout
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Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009, hereby calls The Bye-Election for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Jangwakha_Sewala Chiwog of Chhubu Gewog
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The Election Commission of Bhutan, under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, hereby notifies the general public that Kinzang Dema has been successfully elected as the Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa for Thuenmong_Tokari Chiwog with the polls held on 24th of May 2018. The overall Voter Turnout
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance to Sections 577 and 579 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, and Sections 33 and 34 of the Local Government Act, 2009, hereby calls The Bye-Election for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Thuenmong_Tokari Chiwog of Tsamang Gewog
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invites sealed quotation from valid license holder for the supply of Election Materials and Printing of Electoral Documents for the FY2018-19. A detailed set of bidding document can be downloaded from the website www.ecb.bt from 31 March 2018. The deadline for the submission of tender
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, as per Section 444 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, would like to hereby declare the Election Results of the National Council Elections, 2018
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the people of Bhutan that the Polls for the National Council Elections for Third Parliamentary Elections conducted in the 20 Dzongkhags were successfully conducted yesterday, 20th of April 2018.
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to remind the general public that Friday, the 20th of April 2018 is the Poll Day for National Council Elections 2018 in all the twenty Dzongkhags. The Day is a Public Holiday and all offices and businesses are reminded to remain closed on the
Read MoreThis is for kind information of the general public that the “No Campaign Period” on Poll Day and 48 hours preceding it, provided under Section 305 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, starts from 9:00 am of 18th of April 2018 till the closure of the
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to release information related to the operation of the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth on 12th, 13th and 14th of April 2018 and 15th of April 2018 for Election Officials in the 20 Dzongkhags as part of the National Council Election 2018, as follows: Out
Read MoreThis is to inform the general public that the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth will be operating on 12th , 13th and 14th of April 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags. All registered postal voters are requested to come to the Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth that they have opted for while registering on
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, pursuant to Notification ECB/NOTIF/-01/2018/4489 dated 16th February 2018 and as required under Section 34 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 is pleased to hereby issue the Final Electoral Roll for the third Parliamentary National Council Election, 2018. The Final Electoral Roll, after
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby notifies the general public that the application for registration of aspiring political party, Druk Gaki Tshogpa, received on 9th of February 2018, was subjected to due scrutiny and review against the provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Laws. Detailed feedback as well as
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby notifies the general public that Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) stands deregistered as a Political Party and its name has been removed from the Register of Political Parties maintained with the Election Commission of Bhutan. The DCT submitted application vide letter No.: DCT/ECB/2018/Nil dated 20th February
Read MoreThis is to inform the general public that as per Section 6.10 of the Media Coverage of Elections Rules and Regulations of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2018, the Office of the Media Arbitrator is required to monitor all media coverage including social media during the Election Period, to ensure free
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The Election Commission of Bhutan, in obedience to the Royal Decree issued on the 15 th of February 2018 calling elections to the National Council of the Parliament of Bhutan and in pursuance of Section 191 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby notifies the general
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan as required under Section 112 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 and Section 4.1 of the Postal Ballots Rules and Regulations of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2018, is pleased to notify the public that the Draft Electoral Roll and Draft Postal
Read Moreགསལ་བསྒྲགས། འབྲུག་གི་རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོའི་མངའ་འོག་ལུ་ སྤྱི་ཚོགས་གསུམ་པའི་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ་བཙག་འཐུ་ ༢༠༡༨། གནད་དོན་: དཔལ་མི་དབང་མངའ་བདག་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་ཞབས་ལས་བཀའ་ཁྱབ་གནང་ནི་ཚེས་གྲངས། ༉ སྨན་ལྗོངས་སྐྱེ་འགྲོའི་གཙུག་རྒྱན་དམ་པ་༧ དཔལ་མི་དབང་མངའ་བདག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཞབས་ལས་ འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུའི་བཅའ་ཁྲིམས་༢༠༠༨ ཅན་མའི་དོན་ཚན་༡༩༢ པའི་ཆ་མཐུན་ལུ་ སྤྱི་ལོ་༢༠༡༨ ཟླ་༢ པའི་ཚེས་༢༤ ལུ་ འབྲུག་གི་སྤྱི་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེའི་བཙག་འཐུ་འགོ་བཙུགས་དགོ་པའི་ བཀའ་ཁྱབ་གསེར་གྱི་བཀའ་ཐམ་ཆེན་མོ་ གནང་ནི་ཨིན་མི་འདི་ འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ གུས་བཏུད་ཆེན་མོའི་སྒོ་ལས་ གསལ་བསྒྲགས་ཞུཝ་ཨིན། དཔལ་མི་དབང་མངའ་བདག་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་ཞབས་ལས་ བཀའ་ཁྱབ་གསེར་གྱི་བཀའ་ཐམ་ཆེན་མོ་གནང་བའི་དགོངས་དོན་ཚུ་དང་འཁྲིལ་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ་བཙག་འཐུ་༢༠༡༨ གྱི་དོན་ལུ་ འདེམས་ཁོངས་ འདེམས་ངོའི་གདམ་ངོ་བཏོན་ནི་ བཙག་འཐུའི་ཐོ་ཡིག ཚོགས་རྒྱན་ས་ཁོངས་ ཚོགས་རྒྱན་འགོ་དཔོན་ ཚོགས་རྒྱན་འཛིན་སྐྱོང་ བདེ་སྲུང་དང་ གཞན་གྲ་སྒྲིག་ཚུ་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་ བཙག་འཐུའི་ལས་འཆར་ཚུ་གི་སྐོར་ལས་ ཁ་གསལ་འབད་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ མི་མང་ཡོངས་ལུ་ ༢༠༡༨ གྱི་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེའི་བཙག་འཐུ་ འགོ་བཙུགས་ནིའི་བརྡ་འཕྲིན་འདི་ སྤྱི་ལོ་༢༠༡༨ ཟླ་༢ པའི་ཚེས་༡༦ ལུ་སྤེལ་འོང་། འབྲུག་གི་བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་འཛིན་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ།
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The Election Commission of Bhutan started, today, the training programme for the Electoral Officers who will be deputed on election duty for the Third Parliamentary Elections 2018 as Returning Officers and National Observers. The training programme will be held for two batches of officers from 8th -10th and 11th –
Read MoreIndependence Day Felicitations - The Election Commission of Bhutan joins the nation in offering felicitations for the 73rd Independence Day of India. May Indo-Bhutan friendship continue to enjoy peace and harmony for aeons.
Read MoreThe Delimitation Commission of Bhutan is pleased to announce the completion of the Delimitation of the National Assembly Constituencies of Kingdom of Bhutan, 2017 and issue the Final Delimitation Orders.
Read MoreThe Delimitation Commission of Bhutan, established under Article 24 (4) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan, is pleased to hereby issue the Final Delimitation Order for the Delimitation of the National Assembly Constituencies of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2017.
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The Election Commission of Bhutan conducted training of the Party Coordinators/ Jabchorpas/ Leyjepas in the twenty Dzongkhags with the objective to enhance their knowledge on the following areas: Code of Conduct of Political Parties during Elections and between Elections (Do’s and Don’ts) Provisions related to Registration, withdrawal or removal from
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby declares the results of the Interview and Examination (attached) conducted on 13th of December 2017 and 14th of December 2017 for the shortlisted candidates for the ERO in the Election Commission of Bhutan.
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On 13 th of December 2017, the Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan congratulated and awarded the Service medals to the 12 employees of the ECB, in recognition of their dedicated service to the Tsa Wa Sum. Mr. Karma D Tshering, who superannuated in May 2017 was awarded Lifetimes service award
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby notifies the general public that the Public Hearing for the Delimitation of the National Assembly Constituencies, 2017 of the Punakha Dzongkhag which was supposed to be conducted on 30th of November 2017, shall be held on 4th of December 2017 due to unavoidable circumstances. Therefore,
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In preparation for the Parliamentary Election 2018, the Election Commission of Bhutan is conducting training on election dispute settlement covering all the twenty Dzongkhags. The participants of the training are the Members of the Dzongkhag Election Dispute Settlement Bodies, party’s Japchorps, Leyjepas and Godenpas starting from 21 st of November 2017. The Election
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan invite sealed quotation from the valid license holder for the purchase and issue of air tickets. A detailed set of terms and conditions can be downloaded from here. The deadline for the submission of the quotation is on or before 22 November 2017 at 10AM and shall
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to hereby declare, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, the Results of the Bye-Election to the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Dungkar Chiwog of Kurtoed Gewog under Lhuentse Dzongkhag and vacant demkhong election
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby announces the SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES for the officer in place of the resigned employee Please Note: The written test for the shortlisted applicants shall be conducted on 13th of December 2017. The VIVA shall be conducted on 14th and 15th of December 2017 in the Democracy House
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan hereby notifies the general public that the verification of the formal university degree qualification of aspiring Candidates shall be carried out by the Bhutan Accreditation Council instead of Royal University of Bhutan which verified the same for the past Parliamentary Elections. Therefore, all those wishing to
Read MoreThe first-ever Final Delimitation Order No. DC/CHAIR/2007/637 was issued on 26 th of March 2007 by the Delimitation Commission of Bhutan established under Article 24 (4) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In pursuance of Section 90 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008 requiring
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A Co-ordination Workshop was held with the theme “Our Mission 2018” from 25 th to 27 th of October 2017 in The Great Fourth Auditorium, Democracy House in Thimphu. The main objective of the meeting is to review and coordinate various Programmes being undertaken and planned towards the conduct of the:
Read MoreA Co-ordination Workshop was held with the theme “Our Mission 2018” from 25th to 27th of October 2017 in The Great Fourth Auditorium, Democracy House in Thimphu to review and coordinate various Programmes being undertaken and planned towards the conduct of the successful Mission: 2018, the Third Parliamentary Elections 2018
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, in pursuance of Sections 577, 579 & 197 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008, hereby calls Bye-Election for the post of Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa in Dungkar Chiwog of Kurtoed Gewog under Lhuentse Dzongkhag, resulted upon the demise of the incumbent Tshogpa
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan in accordance with Section 41 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2008 and Chapter 4 of the Election Commission of Bhutan Service Rules and Regulations 2015 shall recruit an officer in place of the resigned employee: Sl # Post No of Slots Position Level Qualification 1 Electoral Registration Officer 1 P5 Bachelor
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan conducted Seminars for aspiring National Council Candidates on 10th and 11th of October 2017 at Terma Linca, Thimphu. The two days Seminar provided opportunities to engage in open deliberation with the aspiring candidates and disseminate information on the key legal framework and other necessary required documents
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The Election Commission of Bhutan conducted Seminars for aspiring National Council Candidates on 10 th and 11 th of October 2017 at Terma Linca, Thimphu for two days. In particular, the participants were briefed on various stages in the election period, the documents required for the filing nomination; election campaigning elements
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