1997 Mongolian presidential election

1997 Mongolian presidential election

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Majority of the popular vote needed to prevent a run-off
Registered	1,155,228
Turnout	85.06% ( 7.67pp)
Nominee Natsagiin Bagabandi Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat Party MPRP Democratic Union Popular vote 597,573 292,896 Percentage 62.53% 30.65%
Results by province
President before election Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat MSDP–MNDP Elected President Natsagiin Bagabandi MPRP

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997. ^[1] The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, who received 63% of the vote. Voter turnout was 85%. ^[2]

The election of Bagabandi was described as a protest vote against the rapid economic reforms of the Democratic Union Coalition government. ^[3]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Natsagiin Bagabandi	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	597,573	62.53
	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat	Democratic Union Coalition	292,896	30.65
	Jambyn Gombojav  [ mn ]	Mongolian Traditional United Party	65,201	6.82
Total			955,670	100.00
Valid votes			955,670	97.26
Invalid/blank votes			26,970	2.74
Total votes			982,640	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,155,228	85.06
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
2. Nohlen et al., p491
3. Ginsburg, Tom (1998). "Mongolia in 1997: Deepening Democracy" . Asian Survey. 38 (1): 64–68. doi:10.2307/2645468. ISSN   0004-4687.