2016 Mongolian parliamentary election

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2016 Mongolian parliamentary election
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All 76 seats in the State Great Khural
39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.58% (Increase2.svg 6.3pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
MPP Miyeegombyn Enkhbold 45.1265+40
Democratic Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold 33.149−22
MPRP Nambaryn Enkhbayar 8.001New
Independents –6.001−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Electoral district map of Mongolian legislative election 2016.svg
Results by constituency
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Chimediin Saikhanbileg
Democratic 		Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat
MPP

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 29 June 2016. [1] The governing Democratic Party (DP) lost to a landslide victory of the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), retaining only nine of 76 seats in the State Great Khural. [2]

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Although the DP's vote share was down by just two percentage points, a new electoral law promoting two-party system was passed by the party while in government, [3] which allowed MPP vote share to rise by around 14 percentage points. The DP lost 22 out of their previous 31 seats in the State Great Khural. As a result, the MPP secured a supermajority with 65 of 76 seats.

Electoral system

In the 2012 elections, the 76 members of the State Great Khural were elected by a parallel system; 48 were elected from single-member constituencies and 28 from a nationwide constituency by proportional representation. However, on 5 May 2016 the electoral law was amended to remove the proportional representation seats. [3] The changes were expected to marginalise smaller parties, and also removed the right of 150,000 Mongolian expatriates to vote, as they could not be registered in a specific constituency. [3]

All 76 seats of the State Great Khural were to be elected from 76 single-member constituencies. The winning candidate had to receive at least 28% of the valid vote to be elected; if not, a by-election would be held. Voter turnout had to be at least 50% in a constituency for the result to be valid. [4]

Campaign

Twelve parties were approved by the General Election Commission of Mongolia to contest the elections. However, the Civil Will–Green Party, which won two seats in 2012 and was part of the government coalition, was barred from running due to irregularities in its paperwork. [3] The newly formed National Labour Party was also prevented from running, with its leader Surenkhuu Borgil planning on standing as an independent instead. [3]

A total of 498 candidates registered to contest the elections, with the Democratic Party and Mongolian People's Party being the only parties to contest all 76 seats. [5]

Results

Mongolian State Great Khural 2016.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mongolian People's Party 636,13845.1265+39
Democratic Party 467,19133.149–22
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 112,8508.001–
Sovereignty and Unity35,3942.510–
Republican Party 23,1181.640–
Civil Movement Party12,2640.870–
United Party of Patriots11,8260.840–
Civil Will–Green Party 6,5680.470–2
Mongolian Social Democratic Party 5,3080.380–
Love the People Party4,2290.300–
Mongolian Traditional United Party 3,2830.230–
King Choice (All Mongolians Labour Party–Mongolian Liberal Party)2,7940.200–
Mongolian Conservative Party2,0550.150–
Freedom Implementing Party1,8040.130–
Democratic Movement4320.030–
Independents84,6096.001–2
Total1,409,863100.00760
Valid votes1,409,86399.23
Invalid/blank votes10,9420.77
Total votes1,420,805100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,911,04774.35
Source: Reuters, General Election Commission of Mongolia

The 239 votes cast for the MPRP candidate in constituency 11 (Gobi-Altai) and the 595 votes cast for an independent candidate in constituency 58 (Khan-Uul) were annulled. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Government and politics Embassy of Mongolia to the United States of America
  2. ↑ "Mongolian opposition wins landslide, voters fed up with hard times". Reuters. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Mongolia's new election rules handicap smaller parties, clear way for two-horse race Reuters, 20 May 2016
  4. ↑ Electoral system IPU
  5. ↑ GEC presented the credentials to 498 candidates for the State Great Hural election 2016 Central Elections Committee
  6. ↑ State Great Khural 2016: General election results General Election Commission of Mongolia
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