NA Elections 2018

A total of 141,991 voters turned up as of 1pm. There were 75,066 female and 66,925 male voters. EVM voter turnout as of 1pm is 46.6 percent. 35,497 votes cast every hour. About 148 votes were cast every minute. At least two votes were cast every second.

7.55am:  People started queuing at the Punakha hospital since 7.55am today. It is one of the polling stations with highest number of registered voters 8am: Polling officials conduct mock election in the presence of voters at 8am at Punakha Hospital and seal the EVM 8.26am: Priority seating arrangements made for …

With 5,307 election officials deployed to the 865 polling stations, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) is ready to conduct the general elections, according to the state of readiness report from the commission. Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) would contest the election. The officials on duty …

The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) and Bhutan Post availed helicopter service to drop 53 postal ballots received from overseas yesterday. The flight service cost Nu 530,805 to the ECB and Bhutan Post, as the total flight was 3 hours and 31 minutes and the helicopter service charged Nu 150,940 …

About 110 polling officials have been deployed to 22 polling stations in Haa for the poll day. Bji-Kartsho-Eusu constituency has eight constituencies and Sombaykha 14. The furthest polling station in Sombaykha constituency is Sertena. Sombaykha’s Returning officer (RO), Jambay Dorjee, said that polling officials reached Sertena non-formal education centre on …

Since the opening of envelope A of the postal ballot began on October 16, the office of the returning officer until yesterday has rejected 10 ballots in Trashiyangtse. The two constituencies in Trashiyangtse received 6,279 postal ballots, 3,246 male and 3,033 female by 7pm yesterday. The office of the RO …

With the deployment of the polling officials to the polling stations and all the polling stations set up, Wangdue and Punakha are ready for the poll day of the general election of the third parliamentary election. The voters can vote at the polling stations from 9am to 5pm. Except for few polling stations, …

The three constituencies in Pemagatshel received a total of 10,230 postal ballots, of which 2,426 were conventional ballots and 7,804 were facilitation ballots as of 5pm yesterday. Constituency wise, Khar-Yurung constituency received more postal ballots than other two constituencies. The office of the returning officer in Nganglam constituency received 2,572 …

Druk Nymdrup Tshogpa’s (DNT) Dewathang-Gomdar candidate Thinley Namgyel and two respondents were warned by Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) for third party campaigning yesterday. Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) dzongkhag coordinator, Tshering Dorji, lodged the complaint on October 16. As evidence, Tshering Dorji also submitted a video recording to the ECB. …

With hundreds of people coming in to vote today and celebrate Dassain tomorrow, Samtse town was busy yesterday. Taxis, bolero pickups and buses were all packed. Until late in the evening, people hassled to find vehicles. The town’s parking was filled with people from everywhere heading to Dorokha, Tashichholing (Sipsu), …