Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party | |
Native Name Lang: | dz |
Abbreviation: | BKP |
Registered: | 3 January 2013 |
Dissolved: | 23 January 2023 |
Position: | Centre-left |
Country: | Bhutan |
Headquarters: | Thimphu |
Symbol: | Five Colourful Circles |
Seats1 Title: | Seats in the National Assembly |
The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཀུན་མཉམ་ཚོགས་པ།,) was a social democratic political party in Bhutan. Its President from May 2017 to July 2020[1] was Dasho Neten Zangmo, who took over from Sonam Tobgay, the President from 2013 to 2017.[2] Neten Zangmo was provisionally replaced by vice-president Sonam Tobgay until a new party convention was held.
The BKP was favourable to same-sex marriage. It included the rights of LGBT+ people in its program for the general election of 2018.[3]
The BKP submitted a request to the Election Commission of Bhutan in January 2023 asking to dissolve the party, following the failure for several years to name a new party president and difficulties in finding candidates for the 2023 election.[4] [5]