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Majority of the popular vote needed to prevent a run-off | |||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 68.27% (first round) ![]() 60.67% (second round) ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 26 June 2017. Incumbent president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, first elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, was constitutionally barred from running for a third term. [1]
For the first time, no candidate received a majority vote in the first round, forcing a run-off between the Democratic Party (DP) candidate Khaltmaagiin Battulga and the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) candidate Miyeegombyn Enkhbold on 7 July, brought forward from 9 July. [2] [3] [4] The third-placed Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) candidate Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar refused to recognise the results after he missed out on the second round, due to finishing 1,849 votes behind Enkhbold. Ganbaatar claimed fraud and that an additional 35,000 votes had been added to the total. The MPRP demanded a recount of votes in Bayan-Ölgii Province. [5]
In the second round, Battulga was narrowly elected with 50.61% of the valid votes, or 55% of the votes cast for a candidate, while Enkhbold received 44.85% of the votes cast. Battulga was officially inaugurated as the fifth president of Mongolia on 10 July 2017. [6]
The President of Mongolia is elected using the two-round system. [7] Mongolian electoral law considers the blank votes casts in presidential elections as valid votes. The General Election Commission thus includes blank votes in its calculations of the proportion of the vote won by each candidate; as a result, it is possible for no candidate to receive a majority of the vote in the second round. If this happens, the entire election is annulled and fresh elections would be held with new candidates. [8]
Three political parties with seats in the State Great Khural were eligible to nominate a presidential candidate; the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), the Democratic Party (DP) and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). [9]
Names | Born | Last position | Party | ||
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19 July 1964 (61) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Chairman of the State Great Khural (2016-2019) Chairman of the MPP (2013-2017) Former Prime Minister of Mongolia (2006-2007) [9] [10] | ![]() | Mongolian People's Party | ||
3 March 1963 (62) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Former Member of the State Great Khural [10] | ![]() | Democratic Party of Mongolia | ||
30 July 1970 (55) Bayankhongor, Mongolia | Former Member of the State Great Khural | ![]() | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party |
The MPRP had originally selected Nambaryn Enkhbayar as its candidate at a conference on 5 May. However, the Mongolian Election Commission refused to allow Enkhbayar to run as a candidate as he had an outstanding criminal record and had not spent the last five years in the country, having lived abroad from August 2013 until October 2014. As a result, the party selected Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar as its candidate. The party's sole MP, Oktyabriin Baasankhüü, was opposed to Ganbaatar's nomination and left the party. [11]
With the election being the first time a second round was needed, it became apparent the electoral law was imprecise on the rule of campaigning in between the two rounds. The lack of clear rule was interpreted by the General Election Commission (GEC) as an interdiction on political campaign. Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar, who narrowly missed the second round, began a campaign calling to cast a blank vote, so as to have none of the remaining candidate reach the 50% threshold needed, leading to a new election. While not a campaign for a candidate per se, this was nonetheless ruled by the GEC as an electoral campaign, and thus forbidden. In the second round, 99,494 blank votes were gathered, totalling 8.23% of the total of valid votes, failing close to the intended result by a few thousand votes. [12]
With the blank votes being officially included, Battulga passed the 50% threshold by just 7,333 votes (50.61%).
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Khaltmaagiin Battulga | Democratic Party | 517,478 | 38.64 | 611,226 | 55.15 | |
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold | Mongolian People's Party | 411,748 | 30.75 | 497,067 | 44.85 | |
Sainkhüügiin Ganbaatar | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | 409,899 | 30.61 | |||
Total | 1,339,125 | 100.00 | 1,108,293 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,339,125 | 98.63 | 1,108,293 | 91.76 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 18,663 | 1.37 | 99,494 | 8.24 | ||
Total votes | 1,357,788 | 100.00 | 1,207,787 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,978,298 | 68.63 | 1,990,787 | 60.67 | ||
Source: GEC, GEC |
Subdivision | ||||||
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K. Battulga DP | M. Enkhbold MPP | S. Ganbaatar MPRP | ||||
Aimags of Mongolia | ||||||
Arkhangai | 12,398 | 31.47% | 12,059 | 30.61% | 14,932 | 37.90% |
Bayan-Ölgii | 14,218 | 36.68% | 19,332 | 49.88% | 5,205 | 13.43% |
Bayankhongor | 23,886 | 60.44% | 11,497 | 29.09% | 4,137 | 10.46% |
Bulgan | 8,585 | 32.23% | 7,782 | 29.22% | 10,263 | 38.53% |
Govi-Altai | 6,565 | 27.06% | 9,592 | 39.54% | 8,101 | 33.39% |
Dornogovi | 9,206 | 32.44% | 9,535 | 33.60% | 9,635 | 33.95% |
Govisümber | 2,414 | 34.47% | 2,031 | 29.00% | 2,557 | 36.51% |
Dornod | 10,288 | 33.94% | 8,092 | 26.70% | 11,924 | 39.34% |
Dundgovi | 5,414 | 27.67% | 5,142 | 26.28% | 9,004 | 46.03% |
Zavkhan | 12,022 | 38.46% | 12,505 | 40.01% | 6,726 | 21.52% |
Övörkhangai | 14,624 | 31.50% | 17,908 | 38.58% | 13,883 | 29.91% |
Ömnögovi | 8,087 | 30.16% | 7,238 | 26.99% | 11,484 | 42.83% |
Sükhbaatar | 9,320 | 33.58% | 10,023 | 36.11% | 8,411 | 30.30% |
Selenge | 14,844 | 32.28% | 15,619 | 33.96% | 15,519 | 33.75% |
Töv | 11,253 | 27.67% | 16,546 | 40.69% | 12,855 | 31.62% |
Uvs | 10,355 | 30.67% | 16,698 | 49.46% | 6,703 | 19.85% |
Khovd | 10,060 | 29.58% | 13,724 | 40.35% | 10,221 | 30.05% |
Khövsgöl | 17,420 | 32.24% | 18,802 | 34.80% | 17,804 | 32.95% |
Khentii | 11,253 | 36.04% | 7,804 | 24.99% | 12,162 | 38.95% |
Darkhan-Uul | 12,427 | 30.05% | 12,565 | 30.39% | 16,351 | 39.54% |
Orkhon | 14,771 | 34.28% | 9,863 | 22.89% | 18,451 | 42.82% |
Düüregs of Ulaanbaatar | ||||||
Khan-Uul | 34,595 | 46.50% | 21,027 | 28.26% | 18,761 | 25.22% |
Baganuur | 4,275 | 35.34% | 4,077 | 33.71% | 3,742 | 30.94% |
Bagakhangai | 509 | 25.94% | 1,104 | 56.26% | 349 | 17.78% |
Bayanzürkh | 67,336 | 45.21% | 37,911 | 25.45% | 43,661 | 29.32% |
Nalaikh | 5,542 | 34.28% | 4,172 | 25.81% | 6,450 | 39.90% |
Sükhbaatar | 29,407 | 46.50% | 18,303 | 28.94% | 15,524 | 24.55% |
Chingeltei | 31,065 | 43.39% | 17,591 | 24.57% | 22,923 | 32.02% |
Bayangol | 48,314 | 50.59% | 25,831 | 27.04% | 21,350 | 22.35% |
Songino Khairkhan | 63,978 | 38.47% | 36,286 | 25.86% | 50,022 | 35.65% |
Overseas | 2,979 | 63.19% | 995 | 21.10% | 740 | 15.69% |
Total | 517,478 | 38.10% | 411,748 | 30.30% | 409,899 | 30.19% |
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K. Battulga DP | M. Enkhbold MPP | |||||
Aimags of Mongolia | ||||||
Arkhangai | 16,763 | 47.43% | 15,559 | 43.91% | ||
Bayan-Ölgii | 16,201 | 42.11% | 21,306 | 55.38% | ||
Bayankhongor | 23,085 | 64.65% | 11,944 | 33.45% | ||
Bulgan | 11,568 | 49.95% | 9,360 | 40.42% | ||
Govi-Altai | 8,334 | 40.51% | 10,793 | 52.46% | ||
Dornogovi | 11,657 | 44.86% | 12,456 | 47.93% | ||
Govisümber | 2,764 | 42.13% | 3,331 | 50.77% | ||
Dornod | 13,535 | 51.52% | 10,271 | 39.09% | ||
Dundgovi | 6,420 | 36.93% | 8,243 | 47.42% | ||
Zavkhan | 14,632 | 48.99% | 13,993 | 46.85% | ||
Övörkhangai | 20,209 | 48.46% | 19,001 | 45.57% | ||
Ömnögovi | 10,258 | 48.14% | 8,412 | 39.48% | ||
Sükhbaatar | 11,628 | 48.51% | 10,860 | 45.31% | ||
Selenge | 18,381 | 44.16% | 20,032 | 48.12% | ||
Töv | 14,562 | 40.22% | 19,192 | 53.01% | ||
Uvs | 12,172 | 39.23% | 17,367 | 55.97% | ||
Khovd | 13,135 | 44.10% | 14,451 | 48.52% | ||
Khövsgöl | 24,135 | 49.20% | 21,550 | 43.93% | ||
Khentii | 14,452 | 53.75% | 9,658 | 35.92% | ||
Darkhan-Uul | 16,496 | 45.54% | 16,154 | 44.59% | ||
Orkhon | 20,042 | 53.78% | 12,452 | 33.41% | ||
Düüregs of Ulaanbaatar | ||||||
Khan-Uul | 38,047 | 56.19% | 23,476 | 34.67% | ||
Baganuur | 5,193 | 47.71% | 4,791 | 44.02% | ||
Bagakhangai | 682 | 36.73% | 1,108 | 59.67% | ||
Bayanzürkh | 75,765 | 55.11% | 49,030 | 35.66% | ||
Nalaikh | 6,979 | 45.52% | 7,068 | 46.10% | ||
Sükhbaatar | 32,634 | 55.60% | 20,717 | 35.30% | ||
Chingeltei | 34,807 | 54.02% | 23,382 | 36.29% | ||
Bayangol | 51,596 | 58.63% | 29,102 | 33.07% | ||
Songino Khairkhan | 64,272 | 50.87% | 50,343 | 39.85% | ||
Overseas | 2,030 | 75.86% | 497 | 18.57% | ||
Total | 611,226 | 50.61% | 497,067 | 41.16% |