Presumptive Tibetan Parliamentary Electoral Results from Australiasia and South East Asia
A week ago, Tibetan diasporas in exile concluded primary election for the top political leadership, the headquarter of which is based in Dharamsala, f our kilometres away from the residence of His Holiness the 14 th Dalai Lama known in Tibetan veneration as “Shukgyar”. The primary election had seven aspirants for the Sikyong or Presidency nomination and nearly two hundred aspirants seeking nomination for the parliament seats of 45 that is structured on multiple electoral basis covering Asia, North America, Europe and Australiasia. The electorate of Australiasia and South East Asia has one seat for the Tibetan Parliament as per the Tibetan Charter. The first election was held in 2015-2016 where the electorate of just over 1000 voters sent Dhongdue Kyizom as the first ever parliamentarian from the region. In this election, the electorate of just one seat for the 45 parliament seats had five aspirants running for the nomination. The partial electoral outcome from Australia-New Zealand