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The election procedure began with the submission of the letters of intent, lists of candidates, copies of election manifestos and audited financial statements by the two political parties contesting the elections to the election commission followed by the release of the party manifestos by them on 22
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The results of the first round saw the Druk Yellow Party receive a plurality of the vote. The Druk Yellow and Druk Red parties proceeded to the second, or general, round. These two parties put up randomly chosen high school students as candidates in the 47 constituencies in the second round on 28 May
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On 21 April 2007 a mock election was held to prepare the population of Bhutan for the imminent change to democracy. These elections were held in all 47 National Assembly constituencies and at 869 polling stations with around 1,000 voters at each one of them. The parties "contesting" the election were
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All eligible voters were allowed to register with the election commission until 20 February 2008 for the inclusion of their names in the voters list which was updated to include those eligible voters who were eighteen years old on or before 1 January 2008. The final electoral roll was published on 5
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From 31 January to 7 February 2008 both political parties submitted the nomination papers for their candidates for the 47 constituencies. The candidates, whose nominations were accepted, started campaigning in their constituencies from 7 February. The election campaign ended at 9:00 on 22 March. The
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The elections for the 47 seats of the National Assembly were planned to be held in two rounds: In the first round, voters would have voted for a party. The two parties with the largest share of the national vote would then have been able to field candidates in the 47 constituencies. However, as only
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for "thunder dragon"). Each "party" represented certain values as their "party manifesto": yellow for traditional values, red for industrial development, blue for fairness and accountability, and green for the environment. The two parties winning the most votes were to proceed to a run-off election
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last date for receiving the postal ballots was 18 February. The elections were held on 24 March from 09:00 to 17:00 followed by the counting of ballots on the same day. The results were declared on 25 March.
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The two PDP members who were elected refused to take up their seats and resigned their mandates, claiming that the civil servants informally campaigned for the DPT and influenced the result.
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2007. The Druk Yellow Party swept the vote and won 46 of the 47 constituencies, with the Druk Red Party winning the Bartsham-Shongphu constituency. Turnout in the second round was 66%.
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In the first round, turnout was 96%, and it was 87% in the second round. The two parties which proceeded to the second round were the Bhutan Forward Party, and the Druk Unity Party.
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Although analysts were worried that the small representation of the opposition might obstruct the functioning of the newly founded democratic system, the next elections in
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246,146 people had registered to vote, though it is considered likely that a total of 400,000 would have been eligible to register as voters.
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There were few differences between the platforms of the two parties and both pledged to follow the king's guidelines of "pursuing
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for the first time on 24 March 2008. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections;
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winning only three seats (Phuentsholing in Chhukha, Goenkhatoe-Laya in Gasa and Sombeykha in Haa). The PDP's leader,
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The DPT officially approved its leader as candidate for Prime Minister on 5 April 2008. He took office on 9 April.
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The DPT's large-scale victory may have been due to it being perceived as the more royalist of the two parties.
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two parties had successfully registered for the election, the election was held in one round.
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Blue Party, the Druk Green Party, the Druk Red Party and the Druk Yellow Party (with
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Voter turnout reached nearly 80% by the time the polls closed, and the
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Erdrutschsieg der Royalisten in Bhutan (International, NZZ Online)
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The Electoral Commission first experimented with elections with a
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Bhutan votes for tradition and monarchy in mock poll
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Encouraging turnout in Bhutan's historic mock polls
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Index

2008 Bhutanese general election
2013
National Assembly


Jigme Thinley
Sangay Ngedup
DPT
PDP

Prime Minister
Kinzang Dorji
Independent
Prime Minister
Jigme Thinley
DPT
Politics of Bhutan

Constitution
Law
Human rights
LGBT rights
King
list
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Heir Apparent
Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
Wangchuck dynasty
State religion
Dratshang Lhentshog
(state religious commission)

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