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Bhutan will hold its first general election in 2008. Up to now, four parties have been founded to contest the election: The People's Democratic Party (PDP), the Bhutan People's Unity Party (BPUP), the Bhutan National Party (BNP) and the All People's Party.^[1][2] Bhutanese rulers have styled themselves as Desi Druks (see dual system of government under Ngawang Namgyal), maharajas, and kings. ... Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck (born February 21, 1980) is the fifth Dragon King of Bhutan and head of the Wangchuck dynasty. ... The Lhengye Shungtsog is the council of ministers or cabinet of the kingdom of Bhutan. ... The following is a list of the prime ministers of the Kingdom of Bhutan. ... Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950) is a member of the Council of Ministers of Bhutan. ... The Je Khenpo (Tibetan: རྗེ་མཁན་པོ།; Wylie: Rje Mkhan-po), formerly called the Dharma Raj by orientalists, is the title given to the highest religious official of Bhutan. ... The Tshogdu is the unicameral National Assembly of Bhutan (legislature). ... Bhutan is an absolute monarchy with no legal political parties. ... Elections in Bhutan gives information on elections and election results in Bhutan. ... The Royal High Court of Bhutan is apex court of Bhutan. ... Bhutan is divided into 20 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural): Bumthang Chukha (old spelling Chhukha) Dagana Gasa Haa Lhuntse (old spelling Lhuntshi) Mongar Paro Pemagatshel (old spelling Pemagatsel) Punakha Samdrup Jongkhar Samtse (old spelling Samchi) Sarpang Thimphu Trashigang (old spelling Tashigang) Trashiyangste Trongsa (old spelling Tongsa) Tsirang (old spelling Chirang... Foreign Relations of Bhutan // Main article: Suzerainty#Bhutan Peoples Republic of Bangladesh; in Thimphu, Bhutan Canada through the Canadian Cooperation Office [1] as a conduit; in Thimphu, Bhutan Republic of India; in Thimphu, Bhutan Republic of India; in Puntsholing, Bhutan United Nations; in Thimphu, Bhutan See also Bhutanese diplomatic... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mock elections

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 of Bhutan constituencies and at 869 polling stations with around 1,000 voters at each one of them.^[3] The parties "contesting" the election were the Druk Blue Party, the Druk Green Party, the Druk Red Party and the Druk Yellow Party (with Druk being Bhutanese for "thunder dragon"), each of them representing certain values as their "party manifesto": yellow traditional values, red for industrial development, blue for fairness and accountability, and green for the environment. The two parties winning the most votes will proceed to a run-off election to be held on 28 May 2007.^[4] Election observers were present from the United Nations and from India.^[5] is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Tshogdu (Also Nacional Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of Bhutan. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...

The results of the first round were as follows:^[6]

The two leading parties, Druk Yellow Party and Druk Red Party, put up randomly chosen high school students as candidates in the 47 constituencies in the second round on 28 May 2007, in an effort to produce a two-party sytem to avoid the need for coalition governments and possible political instability, something which the Bhutanese tend to fear.^[6] The Druk Yellow Party swept the vote and won 46 of the 47 constituencies. Turnout in the second round was 66%.^[7] May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

283,506 people had registered to vote, though it is considered likely that a total of 400,000 would have been eligible to register as voters.^[8]

References

1. ^ Bhutan gets third political party The Hindu, 6 May 2007
2. ^ Fourth party to be called All People's Party Bhutan Broadcasting Service, 5 June 2007
3. ^ Bhutan set for mock elections on April 21 Hindustan Times, 20 April 2007
4. ^ Bhutan holds fake national poll BBC News, 21 April 2007
5. ^ Bhutan's election dummy run The Australian, 21 April 2007
6. ^ ^{a b} Bhutan votes for tradition and monarchy in mock poll The Star, 22 April 2007
7. ^ Bhutan mock poll votes for tradition The Star, 30 May 2007
8. ^ Encouraging turnout in Bhutan's historic mock polls India eNews, 28 May 2007

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