Ensuring Free and Fair Elections and Referendums
A three member delegation from the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by the Chief Election Commissioner of India, H.E. Shri Rajiv Kumar is on a visit to Bhutan from 25th to 28th April, 2023. The purpose of the visit was to reinforce and leverage strengths, expertise and resources that will
Read MoreDeclaration of the Results of the National Council Elections, 2023 for the Fourth Parliament of Bhutan With a voter turnout of 54.64 percent, the National Council Elections of 2023 has set the highest voter turnout record in the history of NC elections conducted so far. As required under Section 444 of the
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 Election Results of the Bye Elections and Post Vacant elections to the Local Government. The Elections were conducted in four Dzongkhags for the position
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to notify the general public that Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP), which applied for registration on 30th November, 2022 has been formally approved as a registered Political Party of the Kingdom of Bhutan on 9th January 2023. As per Section 135 of the Election Act
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. Indra Prasad Monger of Tashiyangjong Chiwog of Kilkhorthang Gewog under Tsirang Dzongkhag has been successfully elected as the Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa of Tashiyangjong Chiwog at
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. Ash Bir Rai of MelongGang_Thuloong-Gang Chiwog of Dophuchen (Dorokha) under Samtse Dzongkhag has been successfully elected as the Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa of Melong-Gang_Thuloong-Gang Chiwog at
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to notify the general public that Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa (DTT), which has applied for registration on 26th May, 2022 has been formally approved as the registered political party of the Kingdom of Bhutan. As per Section 135 of the Election Act of the Kingdom
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 17th August 2022. The details of
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 Election Results of vacant Demkhongs of the Local Government Elections. The Elections were conducted in the 18 Gewog Tshogde Tshogpa Demkhongs of the 10 Dzongkhags
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan, as required under Section 457 of the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008, is pleased to hereby declare the results of the Polls of the Re-Elections held on 18th of April 2022 in the Local Government Demkhongs where the results of the Third
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 Mr. Karma Gyeltshen of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa has been elected as the representative from Khamdang_Ramjar National Assembly Demkhong of Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag at the
Read MoreUpon the successful completion of the Third Local Government Elections, 2021, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), represented by Hon’ble Election Commissioner Dawa Tenzin formally handed over the lists of LG elected leaders to the Offtg. Secretary, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Kado Zangpo (Director, DLG) at Tashichhoedzong on
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 8 affected Gewogs for the post of Gup of Chapcha Gewog under Chhukha Dzongkhag, Gup of Dangchhu and Nyishog
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 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 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 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 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 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 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) 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, 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 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 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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) celebrates the Fourth National Voters' Day (NVD) on 15th of September 2017 on the theme “Mission 2018: Participation By All In The 3rd Parliamentary Elections” in all 20 Dzongkhags. While the national function is being held in Gelegphug, Sarpang Dzongkhag, all Dzongkhags and Democracy
Read MoreThe Election Commission is pleased to inform the general public that the Second Session of the First BCP Parliament was successfully conducted from 3rd to 6th of January 2017 preceded by an orientation programme. The agenda points for the Session were sent by the Democracy Clubs to ECB through their respective
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is honoured to report to the People of Bhutan that the historic Second Local Government Elections 2016 has been successfully conducted with the Poll Days for the First Phase in three Thromdes on 25th of January 2016, the Second Phase (20 Dzongkhag Thromdes, 205 Gewog
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is honoured to inform the People of Bhutan that the Second Local Government Elections have been successfully completed with the Polls of the Second Phase being conducted yesterday, the 27th of September 2016. Total Posts and Candidates The elective offices in the Local Governments that elections were
Read More[English Translation for reference purposes only] The Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public that in order to ensure that the electorate are well-informed on the Candidates and able to make a meaningful choice as well as to facilitate Candidates to effectively communicate and present their manifestoes
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public that subsequent to the Scrutiny of nominations of Candidates on 1stof September 2016 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature on 3rd of September the information related to the Candidates in the elections to Gewog Tshogde of
Read More[English Translation for reference purposes only] This is to notify the general public thatfurther to the notification calling the Second Phase of Second Local Government Election 2016 thenomination process through the Zomdus at the Chiwog/village levelsstarted from 11th of August with the last Zomdu beingheld on 28th of August 2016. With regard
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan calls the Second Local Government Elections, today, 9th of August 2016 with due respect to the Supreme Court of Bhutan’s Writ No.: Ngoentho (54)/2016/1561 dated 5th of August 2016. The Writ states that as per Article 1(11) of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan “The
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan started, today, the training programme for the Electoral Officers who will be deputed on election duty for the Second Local Government Election as Returning Officers, National Observers and Micro Observers. The training programme will be held for three batches of officers from 13th -15th, 16th
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is honoured to inform the people of Bhutan that the Second Local Government Elections have started off successfully with the Polls of Phase 1 in the three Dzongkhag Thromdes of Gelegphu, Phuentshogling and Thimphu conducted yesterday, 25th of January 2016. The three Dzongkhag Thromdes
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to announce the elections to Bhutan Children’s Parliament (BCP) with Poll Day on 12th of September 2015 in the concerned schools when the members of the 153 registered Democracy Clubs in the Country will be voting for their representatives in the BCP. The Bhutan
Read MoreThe Delimitation Commission of Bhutan is pleased to announce the issuance of the Final Delimitation Order upon completion of the delimitation of the Dzongkhag Thromde Tshogde Tshogpa Demkhongs of the 15 Dzongkhag Thromdes of Bumthang, Dagana, Gasa, Haa, Lhuentse, Monggar, Paro, Punakha, Samtse, Trashigang, Trashi Yangtse, Trongsa, Tsirang, Wangdue Phodrang
Read MoreThe Children and Teachers of 153 Democracy Clubs of Schools and Officers of the Twenty Dzongkhags and the Election Commission of Bhutan with sense of great pride inform the people of the Kingdom of Bhutan that the Constitution of the Bhutan Children’s Parliament (BCP) was adopted on the auspicious 2nd
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) in the Seminar conducted today presented highlights and Released (1) the Report on the Study of the Determinants of Voter’s Choice and Women’s Participation in Elective Offices that was undertaken by the Commission earlier this year and (2) the Workshop Report of the Regional
Read MoreThe Five Registered Political Parties of Bhutan established the Bhutan Democracy Dialogue (BDD) with the signing of the Charter for Bhutan Democracy Dialogue (BDD) with the Election Commission of Bhutan, this noon. The BDD, is an initiative conceptualized jointly by all the Registered Political Parties as a forum for facilitating, nurturing
Read MoreThe Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) during its General Assembly being held in Delhi from 29th of October, 2014 elected Bhutan on the Executive Board along-with the Central Election Commission of Mongolia and NEC of Republic of Korea with the Election Commission of India as the Chair and Election Management
Read MoreIt is being observed that media reports have been citing delimitation as the reason for many problems associated with Gewog and Thromde Boundaries. For instance, it has been reported in Trongsa that some people’s loss of rural benefits and having to pay urban taxes was because of their being within
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan has embarked on the post-parliamentary elections review process which is being undertaken in the form of the Learning from Experience Programme (LEP) for Second Parliamentary Elections. This process follows the completion of the conduct of the Second Parliamentary Elections, the preparations for which began as
Read MoreThis is for kind information of the general public and electorate of the Nonong_Shumar Demkhong of Pema Gatshel Dzongkhag that the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has received the Writ for Election from the Hon’ble Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan declaring seat of Nanong_Shumar Demkhong as vacant vide
Read MoreCompletion of the Second Parliamentary Elections 2013 Click here to view in detail: English
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the people of Bhutan that the Polls for the General Elections to the National Assembly 2013 in the 47 Demkhongs of the Twenty Dzongkhags were successfully conducted yesterday, the 13th of July 2013. The Election Commission has the honour to present to
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public that another fifteen cases have been filed since the last public update issued on 4th of July 2013 on the Election Disputes related to the on-going General Election 2013 bringing the total number of cases to thirty-seven. A summary
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the general public that a total of twenty two cases, as of 3rd of July 2013, have been registered with the Election Dispute Settlement System which comprises the Dzongkhag Election Dispute Settlement Body (DEDSB) in the 20 Dzongkhags, the Central Election
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan met with the President Jigmi Y. Thinley of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), President Tshering Tobgay of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Dr. Tandi Dorji, Representative of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) on 10th of June 2013. The main reason for calling the meeting was the issue of the
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan has the honour to report to the people of Bhutan that the Polls for the Primary Round of elections to the National Assembly 2013 in the 47 National Assembly Demkhongs of the twenty Dzongkhags were successfully conducted yesterday, the 31st of May 2013. Four registered Political
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public on the cases related to the Primary Round Campaign Period, in addition to the seven cases reported earlier, which have been resolved as follows: Case # 3: Statement by the President of the People’s Democratic Party On the allegation of
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan would like to inform the general public that only a single complaint has been received so far in relation to the National Council Elections 2013. Three anonymous letters were received but could not be entertained as they were not in accordance with Rule 9.3.4 and
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the general Public that as a part of the move to register as many as possible and facilitate them to be registered as voters in the Second Parliamentary Elections 2013, a total of 71,803 Registered Voters working in the Civil Service,
Read MorePress Release The Election Commission of Bhutan was deeply honoured to receive yesterday, in the sacred Golden Throne Room of Tashichhodzong, the Royal Decree Calling Elections to the National Assembly of the Second Parliament of Bhutan. The Poll Days are decreed to be on 31st of May 2013 for the Primary Round
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the people of the Kingdom of Bhutan that the Bye-Elections and Local Government Elections in the Vacant Demkhongs of 17 Dzongkhags were successfully conducted on 3rd of November 2012. Only 2 Male Candidates contested the Bye-Elections for the post of Tshogpa in Trashi Yangtse and
Read More2 Excellency Mr. Freddy Svane, Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to the Kingdom of Bhutan, Mr. Henrik A. Nielsen, the outgoing Liaison Officer, Hon’ble Election Commissioners, Tek Bhadur Chhetri, new Liaison Officer, LOD, Pema Wangdi, LOD, Leki Dorji, the Author, Members of the Bhutanese media, Distinguished Guests, Colleagues from the Election Commission, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. I am happy
Read MoreThe Election Commission of Bhutan is pleased to inform the people of Bhutan that the Polls of the Bye-Elections for the post of Gup, Ramjar Gewog under Trashi Yangtse Dzongkhag and Tshogpa of Maan_Tshelinggor Chiwog, Zobel Gewog under Pema Gatshel Dzongkhag and elections in the Vacant Demkhongs in these two
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