Ugyen Wangdi

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Ugyen Wangdi
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Assumed office
31 October 2018
ConstituencyDramedtse Ngatshang
In office
2013–2018
ConstituencyDramedtse Ngatshang
Personal details
Bornc.1969 [1]
Political party Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)

Ugyen Wangdi is a Bhutanese politician who is currently a Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) member of the National Assembly of Bhutan since October 2018. [2] Previously he was member of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2018. [3]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of DPT from Dramedtse Ngatshang constituency in 2013 Bhutanese National Assembly election. He received 4,164 votes and defeated Tshering Dorji, a candidate of PDP. [4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of DPT from Dramedtse Ngatshang constituency in the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election. He received 5,602 votes and defeated Jigme Dorji, a candidate of DNT. [5]

Following his successful election, DPT nominated him for the office of Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan. [6] He received 17 votes and lost the election to Wangchuk Namgyel who received 30 votes. [7]

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References

  1. "Know your candidate: Mongar".
  2. "Ugyen Wangdi". www.nab.gov.bt.
  3. "Ugyen Wangdi". National Assembly of Bhutan. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. Indra Adhikari (2013-07-13). "The National Assembly Elections 2013 results: PDP wins". IPA Journal. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  5. "In Mongar DPT loses one seat to DNT". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  6. "DNT nominates Wangchuk Namgyel and Tshencho Wangdi for Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts - BBS". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. 30 October 2018.
  7. "Nyishong_Saephu MP Wangchuk Namgyel elected as the Speaker of NA - BBS". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. 31 October 2018.