And where does this leave the private sector and other EVM voters One of the biggest revelations of the 2018 Primary round results  was the decisive impact of the postal votes in deciding which of the two parties would make it to the final round. The EVM votes had PDP …

Analysis If the 2013 primary and general election rounds established one thing, then it was on how the primary results and the trends within it can dictate the the general election results. At the same time, the 2018 primary rounds have also thrown by new dynamics and developments of its …

However, this is easier said than done. If the combination does not happen then DPT already has 22 seats requiring just 2 more to form the government If the primary round was a circle and it was cut three ways based on the vote percentage of the DNT, DPT and …

On paper, PDP was the strongest party in the 2018 elections, based on its performance. This was acknowledged by most election observers and was also the wisdom on the political street. This was why a lot of high profile candidates rushed to join PDP, while some other parties had to …

The conventional political wisdom in the 2008 and 2013 national assembly elections was that as long as political parties had the support of the supposedly ‘influential’ civil servants and the mass farmers in rural areas, any election could be won. This is in part why the manifestos of all four …

A major new factor in the 2018 elections is the huge increase in the number of postal voters at 133,795 postal voters out of a total 438,663 registered voters. Of the 133,795 registered postal voters 31,267 will be using the postal ballot while the 97,870 will be using the postal …

ECB says it has the power to shut down Facebook if things get out of hand during the election period There was much excitement over the visit of team from Facebook India to Bhutan in early July, and their commitment to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) to tackle fake …

The advisers will be dividing their time between the ministries and their offices and will be meeting once a week The Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, Justice Tshering Wangchuk allotted the respective ministries to be handled by the nine advisors of the interim government. Chief Advisor Chief Justice Tshering …

In what will come as a big boost for businesses and shops along Norzin Lam and also for customers who use the parking space there, the cabinet in its last meeting did not approved plans by the Thimphu thromde to pedestrianize Norzin Lam or remove the parking space there. Thimphu …

The 1st August ceremony in the National Assembly of the Prime Minister, Ministers, Speaker and MPs removing their orange and blue Kabneys has again reignited the Kabney debate on what is appropriate to wear and by whom. There was surprise in some quarters as former ministers and MPs Yeshey Zimba, …