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| Name: Tshewang Lhamu |
| Age: 27 |
Gewog : Tshimasham
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Votes secured:
Sonam Dorji Wangchuk : 4,818
Tshewang Lhamo : 6140
Happy and proud
Tshewang Lhamu, 27, from Tshimasham, Bjabchu gewog said that she was extremely happy and proud to have won in the first ever National Council election.
She said that although she had expected to win she was consumed with nervousness after casting her vote at 9:30 in Tshimasham.
The daughter of a contractor well known in Chukha, Tshewang Lhamu said that she chose to stand for the NC on the encouragement of many elders who were confident about her.
Tshewang did her schooling in Chukha High School and had lived there for more than two decades. While studying in college in Shillong, India, she was the first female to be chosen as the president of the students association.
Tshewang told Kuensel that limited time did not permit her to visit all the chiwogs under every gewog. She said her strategy was to begin campaigning from the place where there were more eligible voters like Bongo and ending where she felt more confident.
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