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2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly Election
National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan on 30 November 2023 and 9 January 2024. Background In the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election, 2018 elections the previously unrepresented Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) won a majority of seats, with their leader Lotay Tshering becoming Prime Minister of Bhutan, prime minister. During the 2018–2023 term the DNT won four by-elections, retaining the seat of Monggar and winning the seats of Chhoekhor-Tang, Nganglam and Khamdang-Ramjar from Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), the former two being DPT strongholds that the party had never lost before. In 2022 and 2023 two new parties were registered to compete in the 2023 elections—Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa and Bhutan Tendrel Party. In January 2023 the Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) deregistered itself following years of low activity and difficulty with funding and finding a new party president. The BKP had come fourth in the 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election, 2018 elections. Electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Bhutan
The National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Bhutan, and it's responsible for enacting laws, representing the people, and overseeing the government. It consists of 47 members elected from 47 constituencies across the road country. Under the 2008 Constitution, Article 12, section 1, the National Assembly consists of a maximum of 55 members directly elected by the citizens of constituencies within each ''Dzongkhag'' (District). Under this single-winner voting system, each constituency is represented by a single National Assembly member; each of the 20 ''Dzongkhags'' must be represented by between 2–7 members. Constituencies are reapportioned every 10 years (Art. 12, § 2). The National Assembly meets at least twice a year (Art. 12, § 5), and elects a Speaker and Deputy Speaker from among its members (Art. 12, § 3). Members and candidates are allowed to hold political party affiliation. The 2013 National Assembly election resulted in large increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-past-the-post Voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first-preference votes than any other candidate (a ''plurality'') is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a '' majority''). FPP has been used to elect part of the British House of Commons since the Middle Ages before spreading throughout the British Empire. Throughout the 20th century, many countries that previously used FPP have abandoned it in favor of other electoral systems, including the former British colonies of Australia and New Zealand. FPP is still officially used in the majority of US states for most elections. However, the combination of partisan primaries and a two-party system in these jurisdictions means that most American elections behave effectively like two-round systems, in which the first round ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugyen Lama
Ugyen may refer to: * Ugyen Tshering Gyatso Bhutia, Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Sikkim * Ugyen Trinley Dorje (born 1985), claimant to the title of 17th Karmapa * Ugyen Dorji (1855–1916), member of the elite Dorji family, Bhutanese politician, Chief Minister of Bhutan * Ugyen Dorji (DNT politician) (c. 1986) is a Bhutanese politician, Minister for Labour and Human Resources * Ugyen Dorji (DPT politician), Bhutanese politician, member of the National Assembly of Bhutan *Ugyen Dorji (footballer), Bhutanese international footballer * Ugyen Namgay, Bhutanese politician, member of the National Council of Bhutan, * Ugyen Tshering (born 1954), Bhutanese politician, minister for foreign affairs * Ugyen Tshering (DNT politician), Bhutanese politician, member of the National Assembly of Bhutan * Ugyen Tshering (National Council member), Bhutanese politician, member of the National Council of Bhutan * Ugyen Ugyen (born 1974), archer who represented Bhutan internationally * Jigme Ugy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gem Tshering
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. Certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, and obsidian) and occasionally organic materials that are not minerals (such as amber, jet, and pearl) may also be used for jewelry and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some softer minerals such as brazilianite may be used in jewelry because of their color or luster or other physical properties that have aesthetic value. However, generally speaking, soft minerals are not typically used as gemstones by virtue of their brittleness and lack of durability. Found all over the world, the industry of coloured gemstones (i.e. anything other than diamonds) is currently estimated at US$1.55billion and is projected to steadily increase to a value of $4.46billion by 2033. A gem expert is a gemologis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonam Rinchen
Geshe Sonam Rinchen (1933–2013) was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, writer, and teacher. He was born in Trehor region of Kham in Eastern Tibet in 1933. He died in Dharamshala, India, on 5 October 2013. In 1945, he joined Dhargyey Monastery and entered the monastic university of Sera in Lhasa in 1952, where he studied until he was forced to flee Tibet in 1959. In India, he completed his studies for the degree of Geshe Lharampa which he received in 1980. He also received the degree of Acarya from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath. He was appointed resident teacher at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ... in 1978, where he taught Buddhist philosophy and practice, mainly to westerners. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thinley Wangchuk
Thinley may refer to: *Thinley Dorji (born 1995), Bhutanese international footballer *Thinley Dorji (archer), Bhutanese Olympic archer *Thinley Norbu (1931–2011), modern teacher in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and patron of the Vajrayana Foundation *Alak Jigme Thinley Lhundup Rinpoche (1938–2012), Tibetan Tulku, former speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile *Karma Thinley Rinpoche (born 1931), master of the Kagyu Mahamudra, Sakya Lamdré and Chod traditions of Tibetan Buddhism *Jigme Thinley (born 1952), former Prime Minister of Bhutan *Karma Thinley Karma Thinley is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018. Education He holds a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and Management from St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Politi ..., Bhutanese politician, member of the National Assembly of Bhutan See also * Tinley {{Given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
