InBhutan,political parties need to be registered withElection Commission to contestNational Assembly elections. Political parties can only contest National Assembly elections, since being anindependent is a requirement for contestingNational Council and local government elections.

Besides the official registered parties that came into existence after thedemocratisation of Bhutan, many Bhutanese parties have been operating in exile since the 1990s. Most of these parties are run by exiled people from theLhotshampa community from the refugee camps in Nepal.^[1]

In Bhutan,political parties need to be registered withElection Commission of Bhutan to participate inthe Bhutanese elections.^[2]

In 2018,Druk Chirwang Tshogpa was deregistered by the Election Commission on its own request.^[3]

In 2023, theBhutan Kuen-Nyam Party deregistered after years of low activity.^[4] The party had failed to find a new leader afterNeten Zangmo resigned the position in 2018.

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 inKathmandu,Nepal on June 16, 1994.^{[citation needed]}

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 theDruk National Congress. The group's offices opened in Kathmandu in November 2010, and it seems to receive some measure of support from theNepalese government.^[5]

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• Constitution of Bhutan
• Lists of political parties

• Penjore, Ugyen (2007-04-11)."Candidates not yet identified".Kuensel online. Archived fromthe original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved2011-05-22.

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