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
surface form: Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan)
canBeDissolvedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Bhutan (formally)
surface form: 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 the Kingdom of Bhutan
surface form: 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 Bhutan
surface form: Kingdom of 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
surface form: Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan)
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
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Bhutan (1907 enthronement)
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