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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 …

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 …

In what came as a major election upset the incumbent People’s Democratic Party (PDP) got knocked out of the primary round of the general elections. It secured the third highest votes after DNT and DPT. The other party that got knocked out was the Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP), which came …

Dasho rebuts the complaint made by DPT against him The dispute settlement body of the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) held a nearly three-hour hearing on DPT’s complaint against a facebook post by the former National Council Thrizin Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga. The hearing on 7th September was attended by …

As per the Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB) 2017, the total population count is 735,553 people. Out of that 175,116 people are from the eastern dzongkhags of Trashigang, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Lhuentse, Trashiyangtse and Samdrup Jongkhar. Of 175,116 people from the east, 78, 039 are males and 85, 078 …

The most common issues of the people of the southern Dzongkhags are census and land issues. Other issues such as need for farm roads, agriculture, employment and drinking water are important but mostly secondary in the priority list. With just a week away for the primary round of third parliamentary …

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 …