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The only other party that registered for the election, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party, gained 45 seats and just over two thirds of the votes. The People's Democratic Party's president, Sangay Ngedup, failed to win the seat in his own constituency. [7] In the 2013 elections, the party won 32 seats with 54.88% of the votes.
On August 26, 2010, Bhutanese political parties in exile formed an umbrella group to pursue a "unified democratic movement led by Rongthong Kunley Dorji, President of the Druk National Congress. The group's offices opened in Kathmandu in November 2010, and it seems to receive some measure of support from the Nepalese government .
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 24 March 2008. [1] Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections; Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, led by Jigme Y. Thinley, which was formed by the merger of the Bhutan People's United Party and All People's Party, [2] and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The People’s Democratic Party won the most seats in Bhutan's parliamentary elections Tuesday and will form the new government as residents hope politicians make good on promises to fix the ...
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan on 31 May and 13 July 2013. [1] The result was a victory for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which won 32 of the 47 seats. The elections were the second general elections to occur in Bhutan since former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ushered in democratic reforms. [2]
The results could either suggest that voters are pushing back on Trump’s victory, as Virginia Democrats did in 2017 when they made large statewide gains, or that the wide-ranging coalition the ...
The results could limit Youngkin's conservative agenda for the state, requiring the governor to gain bipartisan support for his legislative vision. Democrats’ wins also give the party a small boost days before Trump is set to take office after a decisive victory that included sweeping the swing states and leaving many liberals demoralized.
ActBlue, the leading Democratic online donation processor, reported that donors gave $46.7 million in small-dollar donations through the platform for the day by 9 p.m. Eastern.