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| Turnout | 54.29% [1] | ||||
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National Council elections were held in Bhutan on 20 April 2018. [2]
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All 20 seats in the National Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||
| Turnout | 54.29% [1] | ||||
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National Council elections were held in Bhutan on 20 April 2018. [2]
Twenty of the 25 members of the National Council are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. [3]
| Dzongkhag | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Bumthang | Nima | 3,513 | 59.22 | Re-elected |
| Kencho Tshering | 2,419 | 40.78 | ||
| Chukha | Sangay Dorji | 5,079 | 33.71 | Elected |
| Hem Kumar Ghalley | 3,534 | 23.46 | ||
| Tshewang Lhamo | 2,458 | 16.31 | ||
| Kinlay Dorji | 1,725 | 11.45 | ||
| Pema Tenzin | 1,586 | 10.53 | Unseated | |
| Damcho Gyeltshen | 684 | 4.54 | ||
| Dagana | Surjaman Thapa | 2,636 | 18.89 | Elected |
| Birendra Chimoria | 2,394 | 17.15 | ||
| Dawa Rigyel | 1,975 | 14.15 | ||
| Kinzang Gyaltshen | 1,115 | 7.99 | ||
| Tenzin Samdrup | 1,107 | 7.93 | ||
| Suraj Pradhan | 1,091 | 7.82 | ||
| San Man Gurung | 1,060 | 7.59 | ||
| Birkha Bdr. Subba | 925 | 6.63 | ||
| Sangay Thinley | 853 | 6.11 | ||
| Wangdi | 801 | 5.74 | ||
| Gasa | Dorji Khandu | 547 | 36.20 | Elected |
| Phurb Dorji | 528 | 34.94 | ||
| Kinley Dorji | 436 | 28.86 | ||
| Haa | Ugyen Namgay | 1,730 | 34.20 | Elected |
| Tshering Dorji | 1,573 | 31.09 | Unseated | |
| Ngawang Tobgay | 994 | 19.65 | ||
| Tobgay | 762 | 15.06 | ||
| Lhuntse | Tempa Dorji | 2,569 | 32.58 | Re-elected |
| Rinzin Rinzin | 2,149 | 27.25 | ||
| Jurme Tenzin | 1,378 | 17.48 | ||
| Kinga Penjor | 1,043 | 13.23 | ||
| Tenzin Jurmey | 746 | 9.46 | ||
| Mongar | Sonam Pelzom | 2,406 | 13.47 | Elected |
| Tshering Wangchen | 2,234 | 12.51 | ||
| Sonam Wangchuk | 2,129 | 11.92 | Unseated | |
| Naichu | 2,097 | 11.74 | ||
| Jamyang Loday | 1,509 | 8.45 | ||
| Yeshi Lhendup | 1,436 | 8.04 | ||
| Pema Dorji | 1,304 | 7.30 | ||
| Neten | 1,219 | 6.82 | ||
| Rinchen Dorji | 1,052 | 5.89 | ||
| Ugyen Dorji | 704 | 3.94 | ||
| Chimi Dorji | 673 | 3.77 | ||
| Tshering Penjor | 589 | 3.30 | ||
| Ugyen Tshering | 511 | 2.86 | ||
| Paro | Ugyen Tshering | 4,763 | 43.41 | Elected |
| Sonam Tashi | 2,491 | 22.70 | ||
| Dawchu | 1,101 | 10.03 | ||
| Ugyen Dorji | 985 | 8.98 | ||
| Jangchub Dorji | 945 | 8.61 | ||
| Chencho Dorji | 688 | 6.27 | ||
| Pemagatshel | Choining Dorji | 3,846 | 30.21 | Elected |
| Sonam Dhendup | 3,583 | 28.14 | ||
| Sherig Dentshog | 2,133 | 16.75 | ||
| Sangay Wangchuk | 1,821 | 14.30 | ||
| Jamtsho | 1,349 | 10.60 | ||
| Punakha | Lhaki Dolma | 2,333 | 23.29 | Elected |
| Tshencho Wangdi | 1,511 | 15.08 | ||
| Namgay Wangchuk | 1,471 | 14.68 | ||
| Sonam | 1,267 | 12.65 | ||
| Kinley Wangchuk | 1,207 | 12.05 | ||
| Dechen Zangmo | 995 | 9.93 | ||
| Dechen Thaiye Dorji | 727 | 7.26 | ||
| Rinchen Dorji | 507 | 5.06 | ||
| Samdrup Jongkhar | Jigme Wangchuk | 4,101 | 30.18 | Re-elected |
| Kelzang Phuntsho | 2,989 | 22.00 | ||
| Tshelthrim Dukar | 2,674 | 19.68 | ||
| Ugyen Dorji | 1,635 | 12.03 | ||
| Tshewang Tenzin | 1,105 | 8.13 | ||
| Sangay Tenzin | 1,085 | 7.98 | ||
| Samtse | Tirtha Man Rai | 6,243 | 25.03 | Elected |
| Dhan Kumar Ghalley | 4,829 | 19.36 | ||
| Ugyen Lama | 4,324 | 17.33 | ||
| Ngawang Nidup | 2,045 | 8.20 | ||
| Samten Lepcha | 1,833 | 7.35 | ||
| Badrinath Bhattarai | 1,826 | 7.32 | ||
| Shadeo Rai | 1,758 | 7.05 | ||
| Chhatrapati Phuyel | 1,289 | 5.17 | ||
| Narayan Dahal | 800 | 3.21 | ||
| Sarpang | Anand Rai | 4,278 | 24.41 | Elected |
| Pema Tashi | 3,736 | 21.32 | ||
| Tshering Norbu | 3,590 | 20.49 | ||
| Dhan Bdr. Monger | 2,455 | 14.01 | Unseated | |
| Ugyen Tshering Dorji | 1,743 | 9.95 | ||
| Tshering Penjor | 868 | 4.95 | ||
| Khari Lal Gurung | 854 | 4.87 | ||
| Thimphu | Tshewang Rinzin | 2,117 | 27.80 | Elected |
| Tshokey Dorji | 1,936 | 25.43 | ||
| Nima Gyeltshen | 1,586 | 20.83 | Unseated | |
| Sangay Tshering | 1,214 | 15.94 | ||
| Leki Tshering | 761 | 9.99 | ||
| Trashigang | Lhatu | 4,284 | 20.53 | Elected |
| Jamyang | 3,974 | 19.04 | ||
| Sonam Tobgay R | 3,867 | 18.53 | ||
| Ugyen Dorji | 3,557 | 17.05 | ||
| Chheki Wangchuk | 2,494 | 11.95 | ||
| Pema Wangda | 1,404 | 6.73 | ||
| Ugyen Phuntsho | 1,288 | 6.17 | ||
| Trashiyangtse | Karma Gyeltshen | 1,952 | 21.80 | Elected |
| Thinley | 1,833 | 20.47 | ||
| Phurpa Gyeltshen | 1,799 | 20.09 | ||
| Ngawang Tashi | 1,524 | 17.02 | ||
| Sonam Tenzin | 1,221 | 13.64 | ||
| Tashi Phuntsho | 625 | 6.98 | Unseated | |
| Trongsa | Tashi Samdrup | 2,309 | 40.81 | Elected |
| Tharchen | 2,005 | 35.44 | Unseated | |
| Gyem Dorji | 1,344 | 23.75 | ||
| Tsirang | Dhan Kumar Sunwar | 2,825 | 21.03 | Elected |
| Nado Rinchen | 1,401 | 10.43 | ||
| Nim Karma Sherpa | 1,352 | 10.06 | ||
| Kencho Wangmo | 1,117 | 8.31 | ||
| Ramesh Chhetri Bhandari | 1,105 | 8.22 | ||
| Lok Nath Tiwari | 1,100 | 8.19 | ||
| Tashi Norbu | 945 | 7.03 | ||
| Tara Bir Ch0wan | 855 | 6.36 | ||
| Sangay Tamang | 770 | 5.73 | ||
| Hom Nath Thapa | 712 | 5.30 | ||
| Migma Dorji Lama | 674 | 5.02 | ||
| Sonam Tobgay | 579 | 4.31 | ||
| Wangdue Phodrang | Tashi Dorji | 4,995 | 41.12 | Re-elected |
| Passang Thrinlee | 3,751 | 30.88 | ||
| Dawa Tshering | 1,618 | 13.32 | ||
| Rada Wangchuk | 1,357 | 11.17 | ||
| Thinley | 427 | 3.51 | ||
| Zhemgang | Pema Dakpa | 2,639 | 29.98 | Re-elected |
| Dorji Cheten | 2,182 | 24.79 | ||
| Sonam Leki | 1,894 | 21.52 | ||
| Rinchen | 1,217 | 13.83 | ||
| Sangay Dorji | 870 | 9.88 | ||
| Total | 234,535 | 100 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 432,030 | 54.29 | ||
| Source: Election Commission of Bhutan Archived 2018-04-21 at the Wayback Machine | ||||
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