Bhutan is all set to hold its second national elections on Saturday with the country’s two major political parties facing off in the polls, which have been logistically aided by India.
“We are all ready. It is a free and fair election. We expect the polling to be peaceful,” Bhutan Chief Election Commissioner Kunzang Wangdi said. The polls will be contested by Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), which is the ruling party in Bhutan and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the major opposition. In the last election the opposition could win only two out of the 47 seats.
In the first stage of the polls on May 31 the Druk Nymrub Tshogpa and Druck Chirwang Tshogpa, lost out leaving the DPT and PDP to contest the final stage of the polls. Bhutan has a tri-cameral parliament of the King, National Council and the National Assembly.