King's color wins in mock voting
Thimphu, April 23: About half of the total registered voters, precisely 125,338, participated in the mock elections held on April 21 in which imaginary four parties contested.
Ironically, the yellow and red parties won the election for contesting in the second round to be held on May 28. The two colors form the colors of the national flag and the official shawls being wore by the king and the je Khempo, the religious chief of Buddhist clergy.
According to the results announced by the Election Commission on April 22, yellow party received 55,531 votes and the red party received less than half of it: 25,542 votes. The third one blue party received 25,508 and the last green party received 18,757 votes.
The mock elections went smoothly. Bhutan News Service