Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa
འབྲུག་མཉམ་རུབ་ཚོགས་པ
AbbreviationDNT
PresidentLotay Tshering[1]
Vice PresidentSherub Gyeltshen
Deputy LeaderKarma Dorji
SpokespersonTandi Dorji
Founders
Founded20 January 2013 (11 years ago) (2013-01-20)
HeadquartersThimphu, Bhutan
IdeologySocial democracy[4]
Political positionCentre-left
Slogan"Narrowing the gap"
Seats in the National Assembly
0 / 47
Election symbol
Peach blossom

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་མཉམ་རུབ་ཚོགས་པ; Wylie: ’brug nyam-rub tshogs-pa; lit. 'Bhutan United Party'),[5][6] formerly the Social Democratic Party,[7][8] is one of the five registered political parties in Bhutan. It was registered on 20 January 2013.[9] The DNT has been Bhutan's governing party since the 2018 National Assembly election, in which the party won a majority of the seats.

Electoral performance

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa contested the National Assembly elections of 2013 and 2018.

2013 National Assembly election

Main article: 2013 Bhutanese National Assembly election

In the primary round of the 2nd National Assembly elections held in 2013, the DNT had 35,962 votes and came third place,[10] and so could not take part in the final round. However the then party president, Aum Dorji Choden, who placed first in her constituency, as well as several other DNT candidates who placed second in their own constituencies, resigned from the party to become successful candidates for the People's Democratic Party in the final round.

2018 National Assembly election

Main article: 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election

In the 2018 elections, the party won 30 seats with 54.95% of the votes.

Election Results

National Assembly

Election First round Second round Seats +/– Outcome
Votes % Votes %
2013 35,962 17.04% Did not qualify
0 / 47
 New Extra-parliamentary
2018 92,722 31.85% 172,268 54.95%
30 / 47
 Increase 30 Government
2023–24 41,106 13.13% Did not qualify
0 / 47
 Decrease 30 Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ^ "DNT to elect new party president". Kuensel.
  2. ^ "Know your candidate: Trashigang". Kuensel.
  3. ^ "Recent Updates". Bhutan DNC.
  4. ^ "Party Charter". Druk nyamrup. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  5. ^ Slater, Joanna. "In tiny Bhutan, known for its pursuit of happiness, democracy brings discontent". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. ^ Rezwan. "Bhutan's centre-left party wins general election, a doctor to become PM". Business Standard. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa: A new party in a new avatar". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. ^ "We are not a socialist party : SDP". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Election Bhutan". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  10. ^ "2nd National Parliamentary Elections Primary Round Results". BBS online. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

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