Bhutan’s 2024 National Elections: New Dawn with an Old Guard

Summary

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), under the leadership of Tshering Tobgay, clinched victory in the Bhutan National Assembly elections by securing 30 out of 47 seats. The electoral process unfolded in the backdrop of economic distress faced by the people in Bhutan. The PDP government’s key tasks going forward include revitalising the economy and navigating Bhutan’s relationship with India and China.

Almost all South Asian countries embraced multiparty democracy in 2008, with Bhutan and Maldives holding …