Dharamsala, February 8 Former Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in exile Penpa Tsering emerged as frontrunner in preliminary round of the elections held for the post president (Sikyong) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) also known as Tibetan government in exile, the result for which were declared on Monday. In the results declared today, the Election Commissioner Wangdu Tsering announced that Penpa Tsering was leading in the first round of elections securing 24,488 votes, followed by Kalsang Dorjee former bureaucrat in CTA, securing close to 14,554 votes. Gyari Dolma, former home minister, trailed Dorjee with a difference of around 1,200 votes, leaving her out of the race for Sikyong. She got 13,363 votes.