Elections in Mongolia
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Elections in Mongolia gives information on elections and election results in Mongolia.
Mongolia elects its head of state—the President of Mongolia—at the national level. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people, using the Two-round system. The State Great Khural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural, State Great Assembly) has 76 members, originally elected for a four-year term from single-seat constituencies. Due to the voting system, Mongolia experienced extreme shifts in the composition of the parliament after the 1996, 2000, and 2004 elections, so it has changed to a more proportional system in which some seats are filled on the basis of votes for local candidates, and some on the basis of nationwide party preference totals. Beginning in 2008, local candidates were elected from 26 electoral districts. Beginning with the 2012 elections, a parallel system was enacted, combining a district part and a nationwide proportional part. 48 seats are chosen at the local level in 26 districts with 1-3 seats using Plurality-at-large voting. 28 seats are chosen from nationwide closed party lists using the Largest remainder method. In the district seats, a candidate is required to get at least 28% of the vote cast in a district to be elected. If there are seats that are not filled due to this threshold, a runoff election is held in the respective district with twice the number of representatives as there are seats to be filled, between the top vote-getters of the first round.[1][2]
Dominant parties are the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), the Democratic Party (DP or AН), the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and the Civil Will-Green Party (CWGP). In the 2012 legislative elections, the MPRP and Mongolian National Democratic Party ran together as the Justice Coalition, winning 11 seats.
Results
Legislative Election, 2016
Party | Seats | Votes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | |
Mongolian People's Party | 65 | ![]() |
636,316 | 45.69% | ![]() |
Democratic Party | 9 | ![]() |
467,341 | 33.55% | ![]() |
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | 1 | ![]() |
113,103 | 8.12% | ![]() |
Independents | 1 | ![]() |
67,220 | 4.83% | – |
Others | 0 | ![]() |
122,143 | 7.81% | – |
Totals | 76 | ![]() |
1,406,123 | 100% | ![]() |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,911,047 | 73.58% | – | ||
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia, Mongolian legislative election, 2016 |
Presidential Election, 2013
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | Democratic Party | 622,794 | 50.89 |
Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene | Mongolian People's Party | 520,380 | 42.52 |
Natsagiin Udval | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | 80,563 | 6.58 |
Invalid/blank votes | 13,688 | – | |
Total | 1,239,784 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,864,273 | 66.50 | |
Source: Mongolian Electoral Commission |
Legislative Election, 2012
Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats |
+/– | Votes summary | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seats | +/− | Seats | +/− | Votes | % | +/− | ||||||||||
Democratic Party | 24 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
34 | ![]() |
399,194 | 35.32% | +35.32 | |||||||
Mongolian People's Party | 17 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
26 | ![]() |
353,839 | 31.31% | +31.31 | |||||||
Justice Coalition (MPRP and MNDP) | 4 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
252,077 | 22.31% | +22.31 | |||||||
Civil Will–Green Party | 0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
62,310 | 5.51% | +5.51 | |||||||
Independents | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
– | – | – | |||||||
Totals | 48 | ![]() |
28 | ![]() |
76 | ![]() |
1,198,086 | 100% | – | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,833,478 | 65.24% | – | |||||||||||||
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia, UB Post Mongolia Today News.mn Revote (News.mn) |
Presidential Election, 2009
Candidates – Nominating parties | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj – Democratic Party, Civic Will Party and Mongolian Green Party | 562,459 | 51.24% |
Nambaryn Enkhbayar – Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | 520,805 | 47.44% |
Total (turnout 73.52%) | 1,083,264 | 98.68% |
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia |
Legislative Election, 2008
Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party1 (Mongol Ardyn Khuv'sgalt Nam) | 914,037 | 52.67% | 45 |
Democratic Party (Ardchilsan Nam) | 701,641 | 40.43% | 27 |
Civic Will Party (Irgenii Zorig Nam ) | 34,319 | 1.97% | 1 |
Civic Coalition (Irgenii Evsel) | 24,806 | 1.42% | 1 |
Independents | 60,320 | 3.47% | 1 |
Total (turnout 74.31%) | 1,735,123 | 100% | 76 |
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia |
1Later changed to Mongolian People's Party.
Presidential Election, 2005
Candidates – Nominating party | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Nambaryn Enkhbayar – Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | 495,730 | 54.2% |
Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan – Democratic Party | 184,743 | 20.2% |
Bazarsad Jargalsaikhan – Republican Party | 129,147 | 14.1% |
Badarchiin Erdenebat – Motherland Party | 105,171 | 11.5% |
Total (turnout 74.9%) | 914,791 | 100.00% |
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia |
See also
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
- Political parties in Mongolia
- Mongolian legislative election, 2004
- Mongolian legislative election, 2000
- Mongolian legislative election, 1996
- Mongolian legislative election, 1992
References
- ↑ "The names of the 72 candidates received seats in the Parliament of Mongolia". InfoMongolia.com. July 6, 2012.
- ↑ LAW ON THE ELECTION OF THE STATE GREAT HURAL OF MONGOLIA
PROCEDURE FOR OBSERVATION AND REPORTING ON THE ELECTION OF THE STATE GREAT HURAL OF MONGOLIA (PDF). 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2014.