National Assembly (Bhutan)
| National Assembly གི་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུ་ Gyelyong Tshogdu |
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| Leadership | |
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Speaker of the National Assembly
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 47 |
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Government:
Opposition:
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post voting | |
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Last election
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31 May 2013 and 13 July 2013 |
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| Gyelyong Tshokhang, Thimphu | |
| Website | |
| Official Website of the National Assembly of Bhutan | |
Coordinates: 27°29′23.2″N 89°38′17.5″E / 27.489778°N 89.638194°E
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The National Assembly is the elected lower house of Bhutan's new bicameral Parliament which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Council. It is the more powerful house.
The current National Assembly has 47 members, who were elected in the first ever general elections on March 24, 2008. Jigme Thinley's Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) Party won a landslide victory, securing 45 seats. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the other two, but its leader Sangay Ngedup lost the election in his constituency.
Under the 2008 Constitution, the National Assembly consists of a maximum of 55 members directly elected by the citizens of constituencies within each Dzongkhag (District). (Art. 12) 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, §§ 1–2) The National Assembly meets at least twice a year, and elects a Speaker and Deputy Speaker from among its members. Members and candidates are allowed to hold political party affiliation.
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