• Source: List of political parties in Bhutan

In Bhutan, political parties need to be registered with Election Commission to contest National Assembly elections. Political parties can only contest National Assembly elections, since being an independent is a requirement for contesting National Council and local government elections.
Besides the official registered parties that came into existence after the democratisation of Bhutan, many Bhutanese parties have been operating in exile since the 1990s. Most of these parties are run by exiled people from the Lhotshampa community from the refugee camps in Nepal.




Official parties


In Bhutan, political parties need to be registered with Election Commission of Bhutan to participate in the Bhutanese elections.




= Active parties

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= Deregistered parties

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In 2018, Druk Chirwang Tshogpa was deregistered by the Election Commission on its own request.
In 2023, the Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party deregistered after years of low activity. The party had failed to find a new leader after Neten Zangmo resigned the position in 2018.




Other political parties


The following parties are all based in exile.

Bhutan Democratic Socialist Party
Bhutan Gorkha National Liberation Front
Bhutan National Congress
Bhutan National Democratic Party
Bhutan National Party
Bhutan Peoples' Party
Bhutanese Movement Steering Committee
Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
Bhutan Tiger Force
Druk National Congress
The Druk National Congress was formed in exile in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 16, 1994.
On August 26, 2010, Bhutanese political parties in exile formed an umbrella group to pursue a "unified democratic movement led by Rongthong Kunley Dorji, President of the Druk National Congress. The group's offices opened in Kathmandu in November 2010, and it seems to receive some measure of support from the Nepalese government.




See also


Politics of Bhutan
Constitution of Bhutan
Lists of political parties




References






External links


Penjore, Ugyen (2007-04-11). "Candidates not yet identified". Kuensel online. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-22.

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