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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 …

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 …

A broad and singular theme that runs through the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Manifesto launched officially on 22nd August is providing more power, facilities and resources to the people directly at various levels from the villages to the urban areas and from the old to the youth. A few of …

According to the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), its manifesto was built by the voice of the people and every decision in creating it was taken from the people that the grassroots.  The manifesto has 13 key areas, of which health is the first priority. The party manifesto was officially launched …