Mr Kamal Bahadur Gurung
An alumnus of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Mr. Kamal Bahadur Gurung, has been elected as member of National Council of Bhutan. The National Council is the upper house of Bhutan's new bicameral Parliament.
Mr. Gurung was elected from Tsirang constituency in a six-cornered contest held on 23 April 2013. All candidates must run as independents, as National Council members are prohibited from being members of any political party.
Mr. Gurung, who graduated with a Master’s in Engineering (2007) from Energy field of study from AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), had earlier served Tsirang as a Rural Electrification Division Manager in Bhutan Power Corporation. His candidate profile proudly mentions AIT in his CV.
Sixty-seven candidates had contested the National Council elections, out of which 20 were elected from their respective Dzongkhags (constituencies) to be their representatives as the Members of the National Council of the Second Parliament of the Kingdom of
Bhutan.
The election notification can be viewed at this link:
http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/NCResult2013/24042013_NotiEng.pdf
News about the election was published at this link:
http://www.kuenselonline.com/what-tsirang-voters-saw-in-nc-elect/#.UX3FCpWdYdN