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PDP may have won Haa due to its President being from there but it lost the national race in the primary round making it a DNT and DPT contest. Sombaykha In Sombaykha constituency in Haa, PDP got 1,690 total votes, followed by DPT with 315 votes, DNT with 312 votes …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) campaign this week started from Bumthang where the president met the people of Chumig-Ura constituency on 7th and 8th October. The President said the Constitution mandates the state to provide free education to all children upto the tenth standard and ensure that technical and professional …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) have secured a seat each from Lhuentse in the Primary Round of National Assembly Election 2018. DPT won in Maenbi-Tsaenkhar constituency and DNT won the Gangzur Minjey constituency. The two parties could retain their seats if the voting goes the same …

He clarified DPT’s misrepresentation of DNT’s pledges On 30 September, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa(DNT) President, Lotay Tshering, met with the people in Rangjung and spoke about the DNT pledges. Following that, on 1 October, he met with the people in Trashigang and also met with the people in Mongar on 2 …

72.29 % of respondents to a CBS study say they cannot go for more than two children because they cannot find babysitters One of the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) pledges is to adopt a policy to employ foreign workers to ease the workload of women who are mothers. The party …

DPT would probably not have made it to the general round without the huge victory margins in Pemagatshel’s three constituencies making it DPT’s strongest base in the east. Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) President Lotay Tshering wants to change this and met with the people of Pemagatshel on 26 September and …

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has marked its victory in the primary round with 92,722 votes. The party garnered votes from various regions of Bhutan which led to the party’s win. The party dominated votes in the southern region. DNT has won in all the six constituencies in the three southern …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) won all the four seats in Zhemgang and Samdrup Jongkhar. From Bardo Trong constituency in Zhemgang, DPT secured a total of 2,358 votes [1,160 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) + 1,198 were from Postal Ballot (PB)], followed by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with 2,254 votes (1,148 EVM …

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) got the highest votes in Nubi_Tangsibji constituency and came in second in Drakteng_Langthel constituency in Trongsa. In Nubi_Tangsibji, DNT secured 1,150 votes (654 EVM + 496 PB), Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) secured 1,014 votes (620 EVM + 394 PB), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) received 859 votes …

People’s participation during the common forums on the whole has improved compared to the past two elections of 2008 and 2013. People were seen coming to attend the common forum walking for up to an hour leaving all their important work behind in the observation of election officials. “People know …