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Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 9 June 2021. [1] The result was a victory for former prime minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh of the Mongolian People's Party, who received 72% of the valid vote. [2] The elections were considered free and fair by OSCE. [3]
Mongolia elects its head of state—the President of Mongolia—at the national level. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people, using the Two-round system . The State Great Khural ( Ullsyn Ikh Khural , State Great Assembly ) has 76 members, originally elected for a four-year term from single-seat constituencies .
Mongolian People's Party Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar: Mongolian People's Party Appointed as Mayor of Ulaanbaatar on 23 October 2020. Enkhbayaryn Batshugar: Mongolian People's Party Took office on 21 October 2021. [3] Purev-Ochiryn Anujin: Mongolian People's Party 29th Ulaanbaatar Khan Uul: Ganibalyn Amartüvshin Mongolian People's Party
Before his career in politics, Battulga was a sambo wrestling champion. He was the Democratic Party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election and was elected President with 50.6% in the run-off, the first-ever run-off election in modern Mongolian history. [1] Mongolians are divided about his role in the 2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis.
He was prime minister from October 2017 to January 2021 and was elected to the Parliament of Mongolia four times – in 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2020. Prior to his premiership, Khürelsükh served in the Mongolian government as Minister for Emergency Situations from 2004 to 2006, Minister for Professional Inspection from 2006 to 2008, and two ...
The Mongolian People's Party won with a supermajority of 62 seats, a slight drop from the 65 won in the prior elections. The centre-right Democratic Party won 11 seats. The candidate of Our Coalition, former State Great Khural member and vice chairperson of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Sainkhüügiin Ganbaatar, won a seat, as did candidate of the Right Person Electorate Coalition ...
April 16 - The Constitutional Court of Mongolia ruled that some elements in the Law on Presidential Elections are unconstitutional, effectively ruling that President Battulga is ineligible to run for reelection. [1] April 18 - Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa issued a decree dissolving the Mongolian People’s Party. [2] [3]
Khaltmaagiin Battulga, the party's nomination in the 2017 presidential election, won the presidency, [20] and the party also performed slightly better in the 2020 local elections. [21] In the 2020 parliamentary election , the party was only able to increase its number of seats by two, with the Mongolian People's Party winning a supermajority ...