The centre-left Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), which was only formed in 2013, won 30 of the 47 national assembly seats, according to the provisional results released by Bhutan's election commission. Both parties had vowed to boost the economy with Tshering's party using the slogan "Narrowing The Gap." During the 2013 campaign, fearing that Bhutan was moving too close to China, India withdrew subsidies for kerosene and cooking gas imports, in what was seen as an attempt to coerce a change of government. At least five candidates and activists were fined up to two month's wages for sending instant messenger statements to groups on relations with India, the Bhutan election commission said. India, which has a military presence in Bhutan, stepped in to prevent Chinese border guards from building a road there.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 19, 2018 16:52 UTC