Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Bhutan Assembly election results are out, marking the birth of democracy in country.
The DPT or the Bhutan United Party won with a landslide majority.
The DPT, led by former premiere Jigmi Thinley, won 44 seats out of the 47 in the National Assembly. The People's Democratic Party, which was the only other party contesting the polls, managed to get three seats.
According to the Election Commission, the total voter turnout was 79.4 per cent.
Electronic voting machines from India were deployed in the elections that ushered in the world's newest democracy.
The United States has congratulated the people of Bhutan, calling the elections a positive step in the democratic transition.
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