title: 1996 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election
text: # 1996 Tibetan Parliament in Exile election
  
  Elections for the 43 seats in the Tibetan Parliament in Exile were held on April 25, 1996. Organized by the Tibetan Electoral Commission, participation was reported at some 32880 votes. Tibetans in exile elected representatives from the three historical regions of Tibet, the four classic Tibetan Buddhist schools, the traditional pre-Buddhist Bön religion and representatives of the exile community in Europe and the Americas. Three members were appointed by the Dalai Lama. The Samdhong Rinpoche y Thupten Lungrig were elected president and vice-president of the Parliament.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Seat | Member | Representation |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 President | Samdhong Rinpoché | Kham |
  | 2 Vice President | Thupten Lungrig | Dalái Lama appointed |
  | 3 | Tsering Phuntsok | Nyingma |
  | 4 | Bhutuk Gyari | Nyingma |
  | 5 | Karma Sherab Tharchin | Kagyu |
  | 6 | Lodoe Tharchen | Kagyu |
  | 7 | Pema Jungney | Sakya |
  | 8 | Guru Gyaltsen | Sakya |
  | 9 | Yonten Phuntsok | Gelug |
  | 10 | Tashi Gyatlsen | Gelug |
  | 11 | Jadhur Sangpo | Bön |
  | 12 | Thokme | Bön |
  | 13 | Ngawang Lhamo | Ü-Tsang |
  | 14 | Tsering Norzom | Ü-Tsang |
  | 15 | Namgyal Wangdu | Ü-Tsang |
  | 16 | Dawa Tsering | Ü-Tsang |
  | 17 | Dongsur Ngawang Tenpa | Ü-Tsang |
  | 18 | Karma Chophel | Ü-Tsang |
  | 19 | Norbu Dhargye | Ü-Tsang |
  | 20 | Pema Tsewang | Ü-Tsang |
  | 21 | Thangsar Yonten Gyatso | Ü-Tsang |
  | 22 | Lobsang Shastri | Ü-Tsang |
  | 23 | Sonam Togyal | Kham |
  | 24 | Tsultrim Tenzin | Kham |
  | 25 | Andrug Choegkyi (Tamdin Choegkyi) | Kham |
  | 26 | Dolma Gyari | Kham |
  | 27 | Lobsang Nyandak | Kham |
  | 28 | Nyisang | Kham |
  | 29 | Pema Dolma | Kham |
  | 30 | Pema Choejor | Kham |
  | 31 | Chemi Youndon | Kham |
  | 32 | Tenzin Choedon | Amdo |
  | 33 | Soepa Gyatso | Amdo |
  | 34 | Tsezin Khedup | Amdo |
  | 35 | Kirti Dolkar Lhamo | Amdo |
  | 36 | Penpa Tsering | Amdo |
  | 37 | Hortsang Jigme | Amdo |
  | 38 | Thupten Woser | Amdo |
  | 39 | Tsering Dolma | Amdo |
  | 40 | Kalden | Amdo |
  | 41 | Dhugkar Tsering | Amdo |
  | 42 | Zatul Rinpoché | Europe |
  | 43 | Dewatsang Thinley Chodon | Europe |
  | 44 | Wangchuk Dorjee | Americas |
  | 45 | Yeshe Tseten | Dalái Lama appointed |
  | 46 | Tharlam Dolma | Dalái Lama appointed |
  