24 March, 2008 - The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, led by Jigmi Y Thinley, secured a landslide victory in Bhutan’s historic National Assembly elections today winning 44 of the 47 seats to the National Assembly.
The DPT won all the seats in the eastern, central and southern constituencies. The People’s Democratic Party’s Damcho Dorji, Rinzin Dorji and Tshering Togay won in Gasa, Chukha and Haa.
The PDP president, Sangay Ngedup, lost in his constituency, Kabji-Talo under Punakha, to DPT’s Tshering Penjore.
Former health minister, Dr Jigmi Singay and several other candidates considered to be sure winners all lost by substantive margins.
DPT’s five former ministers, referred to as “old wine in new bottles” during the election campaign, came through comfortably.
The results of the elections surprised many Bhutanese people who had expected a closer contest between the two parties.
According to the election commission of Bhutan, the voter turnout was close to 80 percent of the 318,465 registered voters.
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