National Assembly of Bhutan

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The National Assembly of Bhutan is the lower house of the country’s bicameral Parliament, responsible for lawmaking and representing the Bhutanese electorate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tshogdu ⓘ
budgetaryPower approves national budget ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) ⓘ
linked to: Druk Gyalpo
canBeDissolvedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Bhutan ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Chapter 10 of the Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional body ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
eachMemberRepresents single-member constituency ⓘ
electionFrequency every 5 years ⓘ
electoralAuthority Election Commission of Bhutan ⓘ
electoralBody registered voters of Bhutan ⓘ
electsFrom political parties registered in Bhutan ⓘ
established 2008 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
firstDemocraticElection 2008 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Bhutan ⓘ
hasCommittee various parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasDeputySpeaker Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
languageUsed Dzongkha ⓘ
legislativeFunction lawmaking ⓘ
maximumTermLimitsForMembers no term limit specified ⓘ
meetsIn Thimphu ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Gyelyong Tshogkhang ⓘ
meetsInCapital Thimphu ⓘ
minimumAgeForMembers 25 years ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 47 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 47 ⓘ
otherHouse National Council of Bhutan ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Bhutan ⓘ
partOfSystem bicameral parliament ⓘ
passes bills ⓘ
precededBy unicameral National Assembly of Bhutan (1953–2007) ⓘ
represents Bhutanese electorate ⓘ
requiresAssentFrom Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) ⓘ
linked to: Druk Gyalpo
role enactment of laws ⓘ
representation of constituencies ⓘ
scrutiny of government ⓘ
supervises executive branch through questions and debates ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.nab.gov.bt/ ⓘ

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Thimphu → hostsInstitution → National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ → establishedBy → National Assembly of Bhutan (1907 enthronement) ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of Bhutan
Royal Government of Bhutan → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
Parliament of Bhutan → hasComponent → National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ
Parliament of Bhutan → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Bhutan ⓘ