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DPT wins 17 and will form the Opposition party  The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) won 30 seats in the National Assembly general elections and will now form a new government. The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) won 17 seats and will sit in the Opposition. The voter turnout was 71.61 percent …

This is compared to 77.55 percent in the primary round A total of 102,363 voters registered for the postal ballot facilitation booth service, which was operational from 10th – 13th October through the 65 booths established across the country. Of this 84,829 voted bringing the turnout to 82.87 percent which …

In South Thimphu DNT president Lotay Tshering secured the highest number of votes at 2,816 votes while DPT’s Kinley Wangchuk stood second with 1,173 votes -a major difference of 1,643 votes. The combination of PDP and BKP voters leads to 1,603 votes. The President is set for an easy win …

The Party President of DPT, Pema Gyamtsho secured a total of 2,540 votes as compared to 921 votes by DNT’s candidate, Dawa Tangpa. The PDP and BKP combination comes to a total of 1,285 votes. Even if the combined voters of PDP and BKP decide to vote for DNT, they …

Both the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) have stated hydropower as being the most important aspect of their economic pledges. DPT and its candidates have said that that hydropower will be their main tool to achieve self sufficiency by 2025. DNT has said that this …

The youth are mainly from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds There are currently more than 600 youths working under a ‘company’ in Siliguri named Arch Trademark Pvt Ltd. that also claims to be a registered agent with the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR), according to the statement by one …

Although Trashigang is considered as the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s (DPT) stronghold since 2008, however, there are chances of it losing up to four of the five constituencies as DPT won them by only narrow margins during the Primary Round of National Assembly Election 2018. In all four constituencies, PDP candidates …

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 …