In Bhutan, as elsewhere in any developing and nurturing democracy, the number of women contesting elections and being elected are low in comparison to men and the issues of inadequate representation of women in the elective offices are raised more often. The number of women being
nominated and elected to the National Assembly, the National Council and the Local Governments in Bhutan are less than 8 percent. Though the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan and the electoral laws provide equal civil and political rights to all Bhutanese women to take part in all aspects of electoral and political processes, the number of women coming forward to contest elections has not been very encouraging.
