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An April 2016 Kupar of His Majesty offering sandalwood boxes to the Chari monastery to house the relics of Zhabdrung which the monastery has possessed since the 17th century.  The nation will celebrate the Coronation Day of His Majesty The King on 1st November 2018.

The strong performance of the DPT in the eastern Dzongkhags in 2008 and especially so in the 2013 and 2018 general elections has lead to the popular presumption that the east is a DPT stronghold for a long time to come. This apparent lack of anti-incumbency in the east has …

As the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) gears up to take its position as the ruling government, it is interesting to take note of the significant factors that leads to the formation of the government every five years. Regionally, the southern votes play a major role in deciding the ruling government …

Marginal increase in turnout in the south and decrease in the west The National Council elections and National Assembly elections in both 2008 and 2013 saw the highest turnout of voters from western and southern Bhutan with these two regions driving up turnout numbers. In stark contrast the eastern Dzongkhags …

James Carville, the campaign strategist of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 US Presidential campaign, had come up with three slogans for the Democratic party. The most popular was ‘The economy, stupid,’ followed by “Change versus more of the same” and “Don’t forget health care.” In a remarkable coincidence, the Druk Nyamrup …

Also, results show that Eastern Bhutan is not the DPT stronghold that it is projected to be One of the the big revelations of the 2018 primary round was the decisive impact of the postal ballots in deciding the outcome of the primary round. As per the EVM votes in …

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 …