Druk Chirwang Tshogpa

Political party in Bhutan

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The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་སྤྱིར་དབང་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie: ’brug spyir-dbang tshogs-pa, DCT; English: Bhutan Commoner's Party or Party of the Common People of Bhutan) was a Bhutanese political party. It was registered on January 7, 2013.^[3] In the primary round of the 2nd National Assembly elections held in 2013, the DCT had 12,457 votes and came fourth place, not winning in any constituency,^[4] and so could not take part in the final round. The Election Commission of Bhutan announced on February 26, 2018, that the Party was being deregistered on its own request.^[5] The party then merged with Druk Phuensum Tshogpa.^[6]

Notes

^ Druk Chirwang Tshogpa deregistered. "Druk Chirwang Tshogpa deregistered – KuenselOnline". Kuenselonline.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
^ "Bhutan and its political parties". European Parliamentary Research Service. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Election Commission of Bhutan". ecb.bt. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13.
^ "2nd National Parliamentary Elections Primary Round Results". BBS online. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ "Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) stands deregistered as a Political Party – Election Commission of Bhutan". Ecb.bt. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
^ "DCT joins Druk Phuensum Tshogpa".