Bhutan opposition party wins election amid economic challenges

Former PM Tshering Tobgay's People's Democratic Party set to form government

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Bhutanese people queue up to cast votes in the national elections in Deothang, Bhutan on Jan. 9. © AP

SATOSHI IWAKI, Nikkei staff writer

GANDHINAGAR, India -- Voters in Bhutan backed the opposition People's Democratic Party, led by former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, in the final round of parliamentary elections Tuesday, local media reported. 

The party won a majority of seats in the lower house in the fourth general election held by the small Himalayan country since its 2008 transition to a constitutional monarchy.

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