Back المجلس الوطني لبوتان Arabic জাতীয় পরিষদ (ভুটান) Bengali/Bangla Gyelyong Tshogde German Consejo Nacional de Bután Spanish Bhutanin kansallisneuvosto Finnish Conseil national (Bhoutan) French राष्ट्रीय परिषद् (भूटान) HI Dewan Nasional (Bhutan) ID 国家評議会 (ブータン) Japanese Rada Narodowa (Bhutan) Polish
National Council རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་སྡེ་ Gyelyong Tshogde | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairperson | Sangay Dorji since 10 May 2023 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 25 |
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Political groups | Non-partisan (20)
Appointed (5) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| 20 seats by first-past-the-post, 5 nominated by the Druk Gyalpo | |
Last election | 20 April 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
| Gyelyong Tshokhang, Thimphu | |
| Website | |
| Official Website of the National Council of Bhutan | |
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The National Council is the upper house of Bhutan's bicameral Parliament, which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Assembly.
While sharing similarities to the Rajya Sabha of neighbouring India and the upper houses of other bicameral Westminster-style parliaments, it cannot author monetary or budget-related bills, differing from others, its twenty Members are elected by the people of the twenty districts in a multi-layered election process with each block electing a nominee for the final district level elections. Besides creating and reviewing Bhutanese legislation, the National Council acts as the house of review on matters affecting the security, sovereignty, or interests of Bhutan that need to be brought to the notice of the Druk Gyalpo, the Prime Minister and the National Assembly. Twenty members of the first Council were elected in the first ever elections for the Council held on December 31, 2007 and January 29, 2008.