Guwahati:
Tens of thousands of people in Bhutan have lined up to elect a government in the tiny Himalayan nation's second-ever national elections.
An earlier round held in May eliminated two of four political parties, leaving Bhutan's ruling Peace and Prosperity Party and the main opposition People's Democratic Party to contest today's conclusive poll.
The remote nation of about 738,000 held its first election in 2008 after the king voluntarily reduced the monarchy's role in running the country.
Chief Election Commissioner Kunzang Wangdi says election authorities have set up 850 polling stations, including in hard-to-reach mountain villages.
Bhutan was long closed to the rest of the world, but began reaching out in the 1960s. Foreigners and the international media were first admitted in 1974. Television arrived in 1999.