At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the State
Great Hural: 76
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Description
of government structure:
- Chief of State:
President Natsagiyn BAGABANDI
- Head of Government:
Prime Minister Rinchinnyamiin AMARJARGAL
- Mongolia has a
unicameral State Great Hural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural) with 76 seats.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president
is nominated by the parties in the State Great Hural and elected by
popular vote to a four-year term.
- Parliament: All
76 members of the State Great Hural are elected by simple majority vote
in single member constituencies. At least 50% of registered voters in
each constituency must participate for the election to be declared valid.
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Results of the electoral races:
- Party: Mongolian
People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP)
Leaders: Natsagiyn BAGABANDI, Nambaryn ENKHBAYAR, and Lhamsürengiyn
ENEBISH
Seats won in this election: 72
Seats won in last election: 25
- Party: Democratic
Union Coalition (DU)
Leader: Rinchinnyamiin AMARJARGAL
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: 50
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When was the last election? Number
of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary
elections last held: June 30, 1996
- Seats decided in
the last election: 76
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 2,617,379
(July 1999)
- Number of registered voters: 1,147,260 (1996)
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Of Interest:
- In the 1996 parliamentary
elections, the Democratic Union (DU), a coalition composed of the MNDP,
the MSDP and several smaller parties, seized power from the Mongolian
People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) to end the parties' 75-year reign.
- After worsening
economic conditions and internal fighting within the Democratic Union,
the MSDP regained power by an overwhelming majority in these elections,
winning 72 of 76 seats in the Great Hural.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
