Central Tibetan Administration general election, 2001

Central Tibetan Administration general election, 2001
29 July 2001

 
Candidate Lobsang Tenzin Juchen Thubten Namgyal
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 29, 000
Percentage 84.54% 12%
Kalon Tripa before election

Sonam Topgyal
Independent

 Elected Kalon Tripa

Lobsang Tenzin
Independent

General elections for Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan government in exile) and members of the organization’s Parliament were held on July 29, 2001 and were the first time the office of Prime Minister was up to democratic election for the Tibetans, as it was traditionally appointed by the Dalai Lama under the Parliament’s ratification. The election of Kalon Tripa was part of a series of reforms encouraged by the Dalai Lama for the democratization of the exile Tibetan community.[1] Lobsang Tenzin, the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche won the election with more than 80% of the votes.[2]

As is traditional in this process, preliminary or sometimes called primary elections were held months before, in May 12, 2001 with the following results:

Candidate Position Votes %
Lobsang Tenzin5th Samdhong Rinpoche31, 44482.75
Juchen Thubten NamgyalKalon3, 7329.82
Gyalo ThondupFormer Kalon Tripa, Dalai Lama’s brother2, 3046.06
Gyari Lodoe Gyaltsen3300.86
Tenzin TethongFormer Kalon Tripa1040.27
Sakya TrizinLeader of the Sakya School840.22
Invalid/blank votes35,882-
Source:TCA[3]

References

  1. ↑ von Welck, Hubertus. Exile as Challenge: The Tibetan Diaspora. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Samdhong Rinpoche is the new Kalon Tripa". Central Tibetan Administration. August 20, 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Result of the preliminary round of Kalon Tripa election". Central Tibetan Administration. May 29, 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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