Gasa
District: GASA
Total Voters: 1,835
Constituency: Goenkhatoe-Laya
Political Party: People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate: Damcho Dorji
Date of Birth: June 23, 1965
Qualification: LLM, LLB, BA Economics
2008 Elections
Votes: 349
Total voters: 692
Has a B.A. (Economics) from Sherubtse College, LL.B. (General) from University of Bombay, India, and LL.M (International Legal Studies) from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) the Hague, Netherlands. He started his career in 1994 as a Deputy Registrar General in the High Court. He then served as a Chief Judge in the district courts in Gelephug, Mongar, Wagdi and Punakha. He was appointed as the first Attorney General in August 200. He has served as a member to a number of government committees and bodies.
Political Party: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)
Candidate: Dorji Khandu
Date of Birth: 27 years
Qualification: Bachelors’ degree
The first civil engineer from Lungo, Laya, Dorji Khandu, 27, will represent Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) from Goenkhatey constituency in Gasa in the upcoming elections. Khandu, who has a bachelors’ degree from Rangsit University college of engineering, Thailand, is one of only two graduates from Laya.
His agenda, as expressed, are preserving culture and tradition of Laya and improving the living standard of local nomads.
Currently, he works as a freelance civil engineer with one of the private construction companies in the capital.
Political Party: Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)
Candidate: Tenzin
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Political Party: Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT)
Candidate: Pema Wangchug
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Constituency: Goenkhamey-Lunana
Political Party: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)
Candidate: Kinley Dorji
Date of Birth: April 4, 1982
Qualification: Bachelor of Commerce
2008 Elections
Votes: 360
Total voters: 718
Mr. Kinley Dorji represents Ghoenkhamey-Lunana Constituency, Gasa as the Candidate of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa. He graduated with Bachelor of Commerce from Kalimpong College, Kalimpong, India under North Bengal University in 2006. Planning and Census Commissions respectively have given him certificates of appreciation for his volunteer works in rapid rural appraisal and housing and population census. He has good computer application background. Kinley has valuable experience as a freelance cultural accomplish that will be applied to the benefit of cultural tourism industry in Bhutan in future. He is a bachelor.
Political Party: Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)
Candidate: Tshering Dhendup
Date of Birth: 28 years
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (Buddhist studies)
Tshering Dhendup, 28, contests from Goenkhamey-Lunana constituency in Gasa.
With a bachelor’s degree in Buddhist studies, Tshering Dhendup taught Dzongkha in various government and private schools including Jigme Namgyel Lower Secondary School in Motithang.
Political Party: Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT)
Candidate: Yeshey Dorji
Date of Birth: 33 years
Qualification: Business Administration
Yeshey Dorji – former National Council (NC) elections contender switches to NA politics from Goen-Khamey-Lunana, Gasa
Yeshey Dorji, 33-year-old college graduate with Business Administration degree from Sikkim University, worked as a tour guide for three years, and another three years as a contract teacher before resigning to contest for the 2013 NC elections.
Listening to the Party President’s speech at the Royal Thimphu College (RTC) common forum inspired me to join hands with DCT.
Political Party: People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate: Pema Drukpa
Date of Birth: 31 years
Qualification: BSc in Biochemistry
The 31-year-old candidate, representing Khamaed-Lunana constituency in Gasa, has a BSc in Biochemistry from St. Joseph’s College in Darjeeling. He worked as a chemist for a year with the Army Welfare Project and went on to work as a metallurgist at Eastern Bhutan Ferro Silicon pvt ltd in Samdrupjongkhar. He also worked for Dungsam Cement for about a year.