2020 Mongolian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 24 June 2020.[1][2] The result was a victory for the ruling Mongolian People's Party, which won 62 of the 76 seats, a slight decrease from the 65 won in the 2016 elections.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Electoral system
editThe 76 members of the State Great Khural were elected by plurality-at-large voting in multi-member constituencies. The electoral system was not decided until a new electoral law was passed on 22 December 2019.[3] The changes were expected to marginalise smaller parties, and also effectively removed the right of 150,000 Mongolian expatriates to vote, as they could not be registered in a specific constituency.[3][4] The new electoral law also barred people found guilty of "corrupt practices" from standing in elections.[3] The proposal to re-introduce mixed proportional system[5] failed to garner enough support.
Women's right activists called for raising gender quota for nominations from 20% to 30% but they failed.[6] Currently, female MPs make up 17% (13 seats) in the parliament, the highest number since the first democratic elections in 1990.
Parties and coalitions
edit606 candidates are officially registered by the General Election Committee of Mongolia running for the election, of whom 121 are independents and 485 candidates from following 13 political parties and 4 coalitions:[7]
- Mongolian People's Party
- Democratic Party
- Mongolian Green Party
- Our Coalition (Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Civil Will–Green Party, Mongolian Traditional United Party)
- New Coalition (Citizen's Coalition for Justice Party, Mongolian Republican Party, Truth and Right Party, Mongolian National Democratic Party)
- Right Person Electorate Coalition (National Labour Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party, Justice Party)
- People's Party
- Freedom for People Party
- Development Program Party
- United Patriots Party
- Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition (Mongol Conservative Party, For the Mongolian People Party)
- Love the People Party
- World Mongols Party
- Demos Party
- People's Majority Governance Party
- Great Harmony Party
- Ger Area Development Party
Multiple candidates were arrested during the election campaign. Among them, two were running from the governing MPP, three were candidates of the opposition DP and one was a candidate of the Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition.[8][9]
Opinion polls
edit| Date | Pollster | MPP | DP | MPRP Coalition | NC | RP | Other | Undecided | No party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Sant Maral | 45.2% | 29.4% | 14.0% | 8.7% | 2.7% | — | — | — |
Results
editThe 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 and Chairperson of the National Labour Party Togmidyn Dorjkhand. Former Prime Minister of Mongolia Norovyn Altankhuyag won one seat as an Independent candidate.[10]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Mongolian People's Party | 1,795,793 | 44.93 | 62 | –3 | |
| Democratic Party | 978,890 | 24.49 | 11 | +2 | |
| Our Coalition | 323,675 | 8.10 | 1 | 0 | |
| United Coalition of Just Citizens | 213,812 | 5.35 | 0 | New | |
| Right Person Electorate Coalition | 209,104 | 5.23 | 1 | New | |
| Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition | 41,417 | 1.04 | 0 | New | |
| Mongolian Green Party | 23,473 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Love the People Party | 18,542 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| People's Majority Party | 13,720 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
| Demos Party | 8,710 | 0.22 | 0 | – | |
| Freedom Implementing Party | 5,142 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ger Area Development Party | 4,176 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Great Harmony Party | 4,118 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Development Programme Party | 3,521 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| People's Party | 3,333 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| World Mongols Party | 591 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| United Patriots Party | 448 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 348,078 | 8.71 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,996,543 | 100.00 | 76 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 1,475,895 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,003,969 | 73.65 | |||
| Source: GEC, GEC, Ikon | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mongolia: Election for Ulsyn Ikh Khural (Mongolian State Great Hural) IFES
- ^ "2020 Race Begins". Mongolia Weekly. Jan 19, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ a b c Law on Elections amended Montsame, 24 December 2019
- ^ Mongolia's new election rules handicap smaller parties, clear way for two-horse race Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine Reuters, 20 May 2016
- ^ Adiya, Amar (2019-06-07). "Mongolia Eyes to Change its Electoral Rules ahead of 2020 Elections". Mongolia Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ "Post". Mongolia Weekly. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "606 candidates confirmed to run for 2020 parliamentary election". MONTSAME News Agency. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Adiya, Amar (2020-06-18). "Arrest of Political Candidates Raise Democracy Concerns in Mongolia". Mongolia Weekly. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
- ^ Dugersuren, Sukhgerel (June 22, 2020). "Can Mongolia's elections shun democratic backsliding?".
- ^ "2020 Election: Ruling Mongolian People's Party wins 62 of 76 parliament seats". MONTSAME News Agency. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-26.