{"iso":"BT","name":"Bhutan","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9","vote":"National Assembly primary-round vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2023-11-30","source":"2023 primary round result, official count","credit":"Shows the multi-party primary round of the National Assembly election held on 30 November 2023, official results as published by the Election Commission of Bhutan. The top two parties advanced to the January 2024 general round, in which the People's Democratic Party defeated the Bhutan Tendrel Party with 55 percent and 30 of 47 seats. Elections are competitive and peaceful. The next election is due by early 2029.","shares":{"PDP":42.5,"BTP":19.6,"DPT":14.9,"DNT":13.1,"DTT":9.8},"polls":[],"parties":{"PDP":{"name":"People's Democratic Party","color":"#324D7A"},"BTP":{"name":"Bhutan Tendrel Party","color":"#812A2E"},"DPT":{"name":"Druk Phuensum Tshogpa","color":"#E48400"},"DNT":{"name":"Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa","color":"#E087A9"},"DTT":{"name":"Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa","color":"#4A85C4"}},"primer":{"system":"Democratic constitutional monarchy","head_of_state":"King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay","legislature":"Parliament, bicameral. The National Assembly has 47 elected members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"A nationwide primary round among all parties is followed by a general round between the top two, contested by first-past-the-post in 47 constituencies.","government_now":"The People's Democratic Party under Tobgay won 30 of 47 seats in the January 2024 general round and took office on 28 January 2024, his second stint as prime minister.","context":"Bhutan completed its fourth peaceful transfer of power since the king introduced democracy in 2008. Emigration of young Bhutanese and the Gelephu Mindfulness City project dominated the campaign.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PDP":["People's Democratic Party","","Centre-left/liberal party led by prime minister Tshering Tobgay; won the 2024 general round (30 seats) and governs."],"BTP":["Bhutan Tendrel Party","","Party founded in 2022, centrist and development-focused; runner-up in 2024 with 17 seats and now the official opposition."],"DPT":["Druk Phuensum Tshogpa","Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party","Conservative, royalist-leaning party that governed 2008-2013; eliminated in the 2023 primary round, it holds no seats."],"DNT":["Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa","United Party of Bhutan","Party that governed 2018-2023 under Lotay Tshering; eliminated in the 2023 primary round, it now holds no seats."],"DTT":["Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa","","Minor party eliminated in the 2023 primary round; holds no seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2024 election","total":47,"seats":{"PDP":30,"BTP":17,"DPT":0,"DNT":0,"DTT":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Bhutanese National Assembly election","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}