Bhutan

[johnloony]

A few years ago (2008), Bhutan had its first ever parliamentary election, of which the result was:

Peace & Prosperity Party: 67% ; 45 seats
People's Democratic Party: 33% ; 2 seats

I have just remembered to remember that it was time for the second parliamentary election, and upon checking on Wikipedia, I notice it actually happened last month. The result was:

People's Democratic Party: 55% ; 32 seats (+30)
Peace & Prosperity Party: 45% ; 15 seats (-30)

In 2008, there were only 2 parties anyway, so they went straight to the second round. But this time, there were 4 parties, so the result of the first round was:

Peace & Prosperity Party: 45%
People's Democratic Party: 33%
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa: 17%
Druk Chirwang Tshogpa: 6%

In the first round, the two largest parties (counted on a nationwide basis) qualify for the second round;
in the second round, there is a candidate for each of the two top parties in each of the 47 constituencies.

[johnloony]

Congratulations to the King and Queen on the birth of their baby son. (The King of Bhutan is the world's hunkiest monarch, by the way.)

[Georg Ebner]

The third election in their history happened today (for them already yesterday).

~50% TurnOut (and for unknown reasons only ~430.000 of the 800.000-population were eligible)

31.85% DNT ("soc.dem.")
30.92% DPT ("cons.")
27.44% PDP ("leftlib.")
09.78% BKNP ("soc.dem.")

There is certainly more than ideology in the play - why else do they have 2 parties claiming to be SocialDemocrats? -, but the 3rd election will probably result in the 3rd party winning. The GovernmentParty didn't even get into the RunOff.

[Georg Ebner]

P.scr.:

In 2013 PDP won in the RunOff (66.23% participation, +11% compared to the FirstRound) 54.88% and 32/47 seats, the incumbent DPT obviously the rest (45.12%, 15/47).

[Tony Otim]

Sept 15, 2018 20:31:33 GMT Georg Ebner said:

The third election in their history happened today (for them already yesterday).

~50% TurnOut (and for unknown reasons only ~430.000 of the 800.000-population were eligible)

31.85% DNT ("soc.dem.")
30.92% DPT ("cons.")
27.44% PDP ("leftlib.")
09.78% BKNP ("soc.dem.")

There is certainly more than ideology in the play - why else do they have 2 parties claiming to be SocialDemocrats? -, but the 3rd election will probably result in the 3rd party winning. The GovernmentParty didn't even get into the RunOff.

With regard to voter eligibility, a median age for the population of 24 (according to wikipedia) suggests a very young population so probably a high number of children?

[The Bishop]

Sept 15, 2018 20:31:33 GMT Georg Ebner said:

The third election in their history happened today (for them already yesterday).

~50% TurnOut (and for unknown reasons only ~430.000 of the 800.000-population were eligible)

31.85% DNT ("soc.dem.")
30.92% DPT ("cons.")
27.44% PDP ("leftlib.")
09.78% BKNP ("soc.dem.")

There is certainly more than ideology in the play - why else do they have 2 parties claiming to be SocialDemocrats? -, but the 3rd election will probably result in the 3rd party winning. The GovernmentParty didn't even get into the RunOff.

Well that sort of thing has never happened before

[johnloony]

The main political issue in Bhutan is how much the parties can compete with each other in supporting the monarchy - so within that paradigm, all other distinctions are relatively trivial.

[finsobruce]

Sept 16, 2018 11:16:28 GMT johnloony said:

The main political issue in Bhutan is how much the parties can compete with each other in supporting the monarchy - so within that paradigm, all other distinctions are relatively trivial.

Now what would be the correct political term for that ??!!? Democratic Monarchism ? 

[Georg Ebner]

The RunOff was held few days ago.

With an increased participation (71.46% instead of 66.36%) DNT - the socialdemocratic NewComer - won with 54.95%, giving them 30/47 seats (conservative DPT 17 [+2], the leftliberal PDP 0 [-32]).

So a country the LeftWingers could emigrate to: The first election was won by conservatives, the second by LeftLiberals, the third by SocialDemocrats.

[Georg Ebner]

[Georg Ebner]

[Georg Ebner]

Rounds I of 2018 vs. 2023:

%-swings:

%-trends:

[Georg Ebner]

2018-vs.-2023:
Parties running both times:



New parties:


ExParty:

[Georg Ebner]

The east (Sharchops: Tshangla-language, Nyingma-school of TibetBuddhism) is rural&remote, the west (Ngalop: Dzongkha-language, DrukpaKagyu-school of TibetBuddhism) dominates.

[iain]

What a peculiar electoral system they have here (as explained by johnloony in the opening post). Both parties in Parliament following the 2018 election fell out of it this time. The winning PDP previously ruled from 2013-18 before falling out of Parliament themselves in a close three-way split of the vote in 2018.

[Georg Ebner]