Ugyen Wangdi

Ugyen Wangdi
Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2018
Constituency	Dramedtse Ngatshang
In office 2013–2018
Constituency	Dramedtse Ngatshang
Personal details
Born	c. 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]

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.