The voting climate was not the best in Thimphu but even after continuous rainfall, voter turnout was good. It is the election which comes only after five years and the election is significant because two out of four will be elected to form the ruling and opposition parties. The scenario …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidate Gyembo Tshering from Bardo-Trong under Zhemgang Dzongkhag won the 2013 primary rounds with 1,869 votes and DPT candidate Dorji Wangdi from Panbang Demkhong won the primary rounds of the National Assembly, 2013 with 1,580 votes. In Bardo-Trong the DPT victor was followed by the …

  The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won both the constituencies of Bji-Katsho-Uesu and Sombaykha in Haa. The former Opposition Leader (OL) and PDP’s President Tshering Tobgay representing Sombaykha constituency secured 1,346 votes of which 1,110 votes were cast through the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and 236 from postal ballots. The …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secured highest vote from both the constituencies in Wangduephodrang followed by the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT). PDP secured total votes of 2,977, through 2,643 EVM voting and through postal ballot it secured 334 votes. The PDP’s designated candidate is Kuenga. The DPT secured total votes …

The voters of Trashiyangtse bid farewell to the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) by not voting for the party in both parliamentary constituencies of Bumdeling –Jamkhar and Khamdang – Ramjar. The DCT received just 184 combined votes of postal ballot and Electronic Voting Machine (EMV) votes from Bumdeling –Jamkhar constituency. A …

If not for the Jigme Zangpo factor which played a big role in denying a probable landslide victory for the DPT in Mongar dzongkhag, the former ruling party would have delivered a crushing defeat to the other parties. From the Dremitse-Ngatshang constituency, the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) secured 817 votes …

  One of the constituencies in Paro is taken over by a former minister of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and other by a local actress who won one for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The Doga-Shaba constituency was dominated by the PDP represented by Bhutanese actress Kezang Wangmo who secured …

The Primary round of the 2013 National Assembly election saw the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) going through to the final General Election scheduled for 13th July 2013. The DPT secured the highest votes at 93,895 votes followed by PDP at 68,545 votes. Druk Nyamrup …

Bhutan’s first ever primary rounds have thrown up several numbers and results subject to several interpretations. It has both confirmed and broken some conventional wisdom on the 2013 elections. One notion that was proven right was that the three top contenders are the DPT, PDP and the DNT with the …

Though the Primary round win may look like an outright DPT victory which got the most number of votes and got 33 out of 47 constituencies the political math shows that anything could be possible on 13th July 2013. This is because if most of the DNT and DCT voters …