<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan" id="mwAeI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> officially becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy" id="mwAeM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democracy">democracy</a>, with its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bhutanese_National_Assembly_election" id="mwAeQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election">first ever general election</a>.<sup about="#mwt407" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-82"}}' id="cite_ref-82" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-82" id="mwAeU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 82;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAeY">[82]</span></a></sup>
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