The People's Democratic Party (Dzongkha: མི་སེར་དམངས་གཙོའི་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie: mi-ser dmangs-gtsoi tshogs-pa; abbr.
[6] The party won only two of the National Assembly's 47 seats, and just under one third of the votes cast.
The People's Democratic Party's president, Sangay Ngedup, failed to win the seat in his own constituency.
The campaign promise focused on improving the country's economy which has recorded a real GDP growth rate of 2%, the lowest in the recent 20 years.
Confidence in the economy was at its weakest with rupee shortages, raising debt, loans being stopped by financial institutions and corruption having become a major concern.