Bhutan's centre-left party wins general election, a doctor to become PM

This is only the third democratic elections to take place in the tiny, landlocked South Asian country since it transitioned from an absolutist to a constitutional monarchy in 2008

A new, centre-left party in Bhutan has won 30 out of 47 seats of its National Assembly in elections held on October 18th.

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (abbreviated DNT), which means ‘Bhutan United Party’ in Bhutanese, ran on a platform of tackling rural poverty and youth employment. Bhutan's new prime minister will be Lotay Tshering, a 50-year-old urology surgeon trained in Bangladesh and Australia. He helped found the party in 2013 and became its leader in May 2018.

This is only the third democratic elections to take place in the tiny, landlocked South Asian country since it transitioned from an