Third National Assembly Elections 2018: Postal Ballot Facilitation Booth

The Election Commission of Bhutan would like to release information related to the operation of the Postal Ballot Facilitation and Mobile Booths on 7th, 8th and 9th of September 2018 in the 20 Dzongkhags as part of the Third National Assembly Elections 2018, as follows:

1. Out of 1,02,531 registered Postal Voters for the Postal Ballot Facilitation and Mobile Booths, a total of 79,515 (35,462 male and 44,053 female) turned out to cast their vote in the 20 Dzongkhags with overall Voter Turnout of 77.55%.

2. The Dzongkhag-wise details are as follows:

Dzongkhag	Registered Voter			Voter Turnout
Dzongkhag	Male	Female	Total	M	%	F	%	T	%
Lhuentse	478	496	974	437	91.42	458	92.34	895	91.89
Bumthang	1231	1243	2474	1093	88.79	1123	90.35	2216	89.57
Zhemgang	464	661	1125	416	89.66	574	86.84	990	88
Monggar	1623	1846	3469	1408	86.75	1628	88.19	3036	87.52
Gasa	261	194	455	223	85.44	167	86.08	390	85.71
Trashi Yangtse	828	796	1624	719	86.84	670	84.17	1389	85.53
Tsirang	663	725	1388	568	85.67	616	84.97	1184	85.3
Haa	602	976	1578	497	82.56	846	86.68	1343	85.11
Wangdue Phodrang	2995	3426	6421	2480	82.8	2940	85.81	5420	84.41
Pema Gatshel	1153	1339	2492	943	81.79	1132	84.54	2075	83.27
Trashigang	1802	1992	3794	1430	79.36	1640	82.33	3070	80.92
Sarpang	2260	2835	5095	1769	78.27	2333	82.29	4102	80.51
Trongsa	1597	1736	3333	1287	80.59	1392	80.18	2679	80.38
Chhukha	6192	6459	12651	4808	77.65	5154	79.8	9962	78.74
Samdrup Jongkhar	1993	2412	4405	1507	75.61	1952	80.93	3459	78.52
Samtse	1957	2819	4776	1463	74.76	2283	80.99	3746	78.43
Paro	3011	3688	6699	2286	75.92	2934	79.56	5220	77.92
Dagana	806	892	1698	628	77.92	668	74.89	1296	76.33
Punakha	1138	1391	2529	833	73.2	1013	72.83	1846	72.99
Thimphu	15494	20057	35551	10667	68.85	14530	72.44	25197	70.88
TOTAL	46,548	55,983	102,531	35,462	76.18	44,053	78.69	79,515	77.55

The Postal Ballots cast were, as per procedure, handed over at the end of each day to Bhutan Post for delivery to respective Returning Officers for counting on the Poll Day, 15th of September 2018. The total number of Postal Ballot Envelopes at the end of each day were counted and crossed checked against the Electoral Roll Search System (ERSS) used in the Booths to ensure that the number of registered voters verified against the ERSS and issued Postal Ballots match the number of Postal Ballot Envelopes handed over to Bhutan Post to ensure there are no mistakes or errors of any kind in the process.

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