2013 Bhutanese National Assembly Election - May 31 and July 13,2013

The Bhutanese National Assembly Election will be held in two rounds on May 31 and July 13,2013

In the first round parties contest all 20 Dzongkhags(district)

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

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

A total of 381,790 voters were registered for the election.Four parties contested the election -

• The Ruling Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party or Druk Phuensum Tshogpa(DPT)

• The Main Opposition People's Democratic Party(PDP)

• Druk Nymrub Tshogpa and
• Druck Chirwang Tshogpa

Bhutan has a Tri-cameral Parliament of the King, National Council and the National Assembly

There are 25 seats in the National Council or the Upper House. Five of them are appointed by the King and 20 are elected from 20 districts.

National Assembly or Lower House consists of 47 members elected from 47 constituencies. Representatives to both houses were elected first in 2008.

This is the second national election in Bhutan after the country turned into a democracy in 2008

Bhutan began voting on Saturday July 13,2013 for its second national elections with the race between the country’s two major political parties to form the government.Brisk polling was witnessed with a large number of people coming out to exercise their franchise that will decide the fate of 94 candidates in 47 constituencies contested by two major parties.

India is providing logistical support, including gifting nearly 2,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to Bhutan and India’s Chief Election Commissioner V S Samapth is here to witness the democratic process in the Himalayan nation. 

The DPT, with 45 legislators, ruled the country for 5 years with Jigmi Y Thinley as its head.The opposition PDP could win only two out of the 47 seats.

The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has won the second-ever parliamentary election in Bhutan
The PDP won 32 of the country's 47 parliamentary seats, according to results posted on the official website of Bhutan's Election Commission.
The DPT, which won the last election in 2008, only secured 15 seats in Saturday's poll.

Election Results

Party	First Round	Second Round
Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party	93949(44.52%)
People's Democratic Party	68650(32.53%)
Druk Nymrub Tshogpa	35962(17.04%)
Druck Chirwang Tshogpa	12457(5.90%)