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When did Bhutan hold its first elections for the National Council and National Assembly?

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Bhutan held its first official elections for the National Council, the upper house of its bicameral parliament, on December 31, 2007. The first elections for the National Assembly, the lower house, followed in March 2008. These elections marked the final steps in Bhutan's transition from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy.1