Panbang constituency under Zhemgang chose the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) as its votes swayed in favor of the former Labour Minister and the DPT candidate Dorji Wangdi while Bardo-Trong chose People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Lekey Dorji. DPT’s Dorji Wangdi secured 1,906 votes, out of which 50 were postal ballot …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) replicated their primary elections win as it dominated the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) in Wangdue Phodrang’s Athang-Thedtsho and Nyisho-Sephu constituencies. In the Athang-Thedtsho constituency, which has 8,773 total registered voters, the PDP candidate Tandin Wangchuk got 632 postal ballot votes and 3,199 electronic voting machine …

The dzongkhag of Sarpang chose the two candidates from the People’s Democratic Party, Gopal Gurung and Rinzin Dorji by giving 5, 051 and 5, 232 votes respectively. Gopal Gurung from Gelephu constituency secured 1, 072 postal ballot votes and 3, 979 electronic voting machine (EVM) votes, while the Shompangkha candidate …

Residents under Samtse are pleased with the results of the final round of National Assembly (NA) elections that concluded with the general rounds poll yesterday. In Samtse, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) swept majority votes in all the four constituencies to mark itself victorious. Many of the residents came out …

Dear friends, On behalf of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and its members, I wish to thank all the people who placed their trust and confidence in us and have supported us during the last two elections. We will now be in opposition and it is a new opportunity that our party …

Visiting foreign dignitaries and even scholars have, time and again, commented on the simplicity of the Bhutanese people, and also their deep wisdom. This wisdom is not only seeks to bring balance in the natural and spiritual aspects of our lives, but also in the political aspect. The same political …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa won 15 seats In what many are calling a ‘major upset,’ the world’s smallest Opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won 32 of the 47 seats in the National Assembly to form the government for the next five years. Any party with 24 seats can …

For a party that had earlier been dismissed for being as good as dead by a private newspaper prior to the primary rounds, several factors have worked in the advantage of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to spring it back to life and eventually win the 2013 election race. Firstly, from …

It’s an opportunity that comes once in every five years’ time, and it makes all the difference as exercising one’s franchise to vote brings in the leaders that represent the voices of the people from every corner of the country and that will ultimately address the developmental activities in the …

Chief Advisor to the Interim Government, Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, met with Ms. Irum Ahsan, Legal Counsel and Ms. Rita Marie L. Mesina, Legal Research Consultant of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang yesterday. Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye and Ms. Ahsan talked about the South Asian Conference on Environmental …