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Mongolia
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Mongolia |
Presidential |
May 18, 1997 |
At stake
in this election:
- The office of the president of Mongolia
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Description
of government structure:
- The 76 seat Mongolian Parliament, the
State Great Hural, held its first elections on June 28, 1992.
- Each party with at least one
member of parliament can field one candidate for the presidency.
- The Democratic Union Coalition
won 50 out of 76 seats in the parliament in 1996 to take power after seventy-five years of
rule by Mongolia's communists.
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Results of the election for president:
- Candidate:
Natsagiin BAGABANDI
Party: Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Percent of Valid Votes: 62.50%
- Candidate:
President Punsalmaagiyn OCHIRBAT
Party: Democratic Union Coalition
Percent of Valid Votes: 30.67%
- Candidate:
J. GOMBOJAV
Party: United Traditionalist Party
Gombojav recently joined the United Traditionalist Party after quitting the Mongolian
People's Revolutionary Party, a party he is concerned is becoming too conservative.
Percent of Valid Vote: 6.82%
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Election data:
- Population: 2,493,615 (July
1995 estimate)
- Number of eligible voters in
this election: 1,200,000 (estimated)
- Registered Voters: 1,138,069
- Votes Cast: 967,527
- Valid Votes: 940,991
- Invalid Votes: 26,536
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Before May 18, presidential
elections were last held June 6, 1993
- OCHIRBAT defeated his
challenger Lodongiyn TUDEV by winning 57.8 percent of the vote in a direct election in
June 1993
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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