Tsirang (Chirang)
District: TSIRANG (CHIRANG)
Total Voters: 20,979
Constituency: Pataley-Tsirangtoe
Political Party: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)
Candidate: Uday Chandra Bhandari
Date of Birth:
Qualification:
Bhandari replaced Nar Bahadur Gurung.
Political Party: Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)
Candidate: Chhatraman Chhetri
Date of Birth: 47 years
Qualification: Bachelors of Commerce
He has a Bachelors of Commerce from Sherubtse College and has been in the education sector for the past 22 years.
He belongs to a rural background which he says allows him to know the problems in rural areas to be addressed immediately.
Political Party: People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate: Novin Darlami
Date of Birth: 27 years
Qualification: MBA
Novin Darlami, 27, has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Presidency College, Bangalore, India and MBA in marketing and human resources from Indian Academy, Bangalore University.
He worked as a business strategist at The Bhutanese newspaper.
Political Party: Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT)
Candidate: Sangay Tamang
Date of Birth: 26 years
Qualification:
A fresh graduate Sangay Tamang, 26, is from Soen Toepsa village of the district and has a bachelor of commerce degree from Royal Thimphu College and worked as a Residence Assistant at the college. He had joined the desuup (volunteer militia run by Royal Bhutan Police) program also.
Son of a civil servant, Tamang aspires to address the growing youth unemployment in the district. He lost the recent National Council elections.
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Constituency: Kikorthang-Mendrelgang
Political Party: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)
Candidate: Yangkhu Tshering Sherpa
Date of Birth: November 15, 1970
Qualification: Bachelor of Arts (Dzongkha Honours)
2008 Elections
Votes: 5,628
Total voters: 7,713
Yanku Tshering Sherpa graduated from Sherubtse College, Kanglung with Bachelor of Arts (Dzongkha Hons) in 1999. He served as Dzongkha teacher for more than 15 years before he resigned to join politics.
Between 1992 and 1996, he taught in Trashigang and admitted himself to Sherubtse for graduation. He undertook Militia training to serve the nation. He taught in Higher Secondary School, Phuentsholing and was transferred in 2007 to Higher Secondary School in Damphu. An ardent Dzongkha reader, he is dynamic language teacher. He is married and they have two daughters.
He served as Deputy Speaker in the erstwhile National Assembly.
Political Party: Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT)
Candidate: S.B Ghalley
Date of Birth: 58 years
Qualification:
Ghalley has 34 years of experience in the military and at the moment he is a farmer.
Political Party: People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate: Yogesh Tamang
Date of Birth: 51 years
Qualification: Masters in Public Administration
With Bachelors in Arts from Punjab University in India and Masters in Public Administration from South California, Tamang runs in private consultancy firm.
He is General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Political Party: Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT)
Candidate: Bhim Thapa
Date of Birth:
Qualification: BA
With 20 years of experience in finance management, he will contest From Kikhorthang-Mendrelgang constituency under Tsirang Dzongkhag.
A graduate from Sherubtse College with a Bachelor in Arts and a Diploma in Finance management from the Royal Institute of Management, Thimphu,