2013 Bhutanese National Assembly Election - May 31,2013 & July 20,2013

By law, the National Assembly is required to be reconstituted within 90 days of its previous term expiring. As the term of the Assembly Elected in 2008 expired on April 20,2013, this meant that the new Assembly would need to have been elected by July 20,2013

The election will be held in two rounds. In the first round parties contest all 20 Dzongkhags(administrative and judicial district of Bhutan) . The parties with the two highest vote tallies then progress to the second round, in which they put forward candidates in each of the 47 National Assembly constituencies.

The election for the 47 seats of the National Assembly is the second to be held in Bhutan since the country became a constitutional monarchy in 2008.

There are 381,790 registered voters out of a total population of some 750,000 and all 5 political parties in the country are contesting the election .Polls opens at 0900 (local time) and close at 1700 (local time).There are 850 polling stations spread across 47 constituencies in 20 districts.

2008 Bhutanese National Assembly Election - March 24,2008
Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the election.They are -
Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party(DPT)led by Jigme Y Thinley and
People's Democratic Party(PDP)led by Sangay Ngedup

DPT won the election securing 67% votes and getting 45 seats in the National Assembly whereas PDP secured only 33% Votes and got 2 seats in the National Assembly