More than 485,000 Bhutanese have registered to vote in the fourth National Council Elections. This is according to the final electoral roll released by the Election Commission of Bhutan. Of that, more than 249,000 are female and over 236,000 are male.
Trashigang has the highest number of registered voters with more than 52,000, followed by Samtse with over 51,000 and Monggar with more than 38,000.
Meanwhile, Gasa has the lowest number of registered voters with just over 2,200.
The notification by the ECB also states that more than 105,000 have registered as postal voters. The poll day for the national council elections has been set for the 20th of next month.
Kinzang Lhadon
