Cranes soar in Mongar
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) swept Mongar yesterday by winning in all three constituencies on both electoral voting machine (EVM) and postal ballot votes. Of the 23,541 EVM and postal voters who voted...
View ArticlePunakha votes for PDP and DNT
Lingmukha-Toedwang and Kabisa-Talo constituencies in Punakha went for People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) yesterday. Of 6,934 registered voters in Lingmukha-Toedwang...
View ArticleWangdue goes for DNT and PDP
Wangdue choose Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday at the primary rounds of the national assembly elections. While DNT secured the maximum number of votes from...
View ArticleDNT takes Tsirang
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) won in both the constituencies of Sergithang-Tsirangtoed and Kilkhorthang-Mendrelgang in Tsirang, according to the provisional results the commission announced yesterday. DNT...
View ArticleWhat the results say
The verdict is out. Bhutanese electorate, as many assume, are not ignorant. They remain, as unpredictable as ever. Before the poll day and when the provisional results started coming in last night,...
View ArticleDNT wins Thimphu
The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) president contesting from South Thimphu was expected to win. Lotay Tshering didn’t disappoint his party. It was a landslide victory for DNT in the president’s...
View ArticleThe cranes are flying
Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) is back. Enduring three elections and making it through the primaries on two different occasions, the party is back with a bang. The party, which formed the first democratic...
View ArticlePeople vote for change
It was one of the busiest nights for the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa president Lotay Tshering last night. The job is done and between answering phones and checking the provisional results on the laptop, Lotay...
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DNT and DPT to contest general round
As Bhutanese remained glued to television sets and mobile phones last night for the provisional results of the primary election, they witnessed a close race between one of the oldest parties, Druk...
View ArticleHow Thimphu went the DNT way
Of the 14,406 registered voters in Thimphu, about 4,600 voters did not exercise their franchise during the primary round of the National Assembly election on September 15. Only 67.9 percent of the...
View ArticleFormer minister beaten in his constituency
A few days before the country went to poll, rumours were ripe that majority of the voters in the Maenbi-Tshenkhar constituency, one of the two constituencies in remote Lhuentse are with the People’s...
View ArticlePDP wins in both constituencies of Haa
The result was expected in Haa. There were no surprises. With the president of People’s Democratic Party, Tshering Tobgay contesting from Haa, no party was expected to spoil the party. PDP won a...
View ArticleSamtse after the primary round
The small town of Norbugang (Chengmari) was bustling yesterday. As people who had come to vote stood by the road, taxis zoomed in frequently to pick them. In one of the shops, Bishnu Maya Biswa was...
View ArticleAs we head to the general round
As we head to the general round Election is done but not dusted. The primary round of the third National Assembly is over. Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa and Druk Phuensum Tshogpa came out victorious. For many...
View ArticleHow Punakha went for change
About 35.6 percent of the people in Punakha voted for Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) in the primary round. Punakha saw a total of 11,977 people turning up to cast their votes in the two constituencies –...
View ArticleCranes roost in Trashiyangtse
Trashiyangtse is a home for the black-necked cranes. Every winter, the birds roost in the paddy fields of Boomdeling and in the fields above the small Yangtse town. The winter habitat provides a safe...
View ArticleVoter turnout in Bumthang over 75 percent
Bumthaps have been with the cranes in every National Assembly elections. Of the two constituencies, Chhoekhor-Tang has been the stronghold of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) ever since the first election...
View ArticleECB asks DNT and DPT to nominate candidates
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has called the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) to nominate their candidates to contest for the general elections starting today....
View ArticleThe primary votes
The people not only voted for change this primary round of the national assembly elections. The way they voted has also changed. In the first primary election where 82 percent of the total votes were...
View ArticleWhy Pemagatshel remains a DPT stronghold
When it comes to parliamentary elections, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) can bank on Pemagatshel for votes. Pemagatshel gave the country its first elected prime minister and since 2008, the party has been...
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