Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 24 June 2020. The result was a victory for the ruling

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, which won 62 of the 76 seats, a slight decrease from the 65 won in the

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Electoral system

The 76 members of the State Great Khural will be elected by

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in multi-member constituencies. The electoral system was not decided until a new electoral law was passed on 22 December 2019.Law on Elections amended
Montsame, 24 December 2019 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.Mongolia's new election rules handicap smaller parties, clear way for two-horse race
Reuters, 20 May 2016 The new electoral law also barred people found guilty of "corrupt practices" from standing in elections. Women's right activists called for raising gender quota for nominations from 20% to 30% but they failed. Currently, female legislators make up 17% (13 seats) in the parliament, the highest number since the first democratic elections in 1990.

Parties and coalitions

606 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: *

* 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,

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, 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.

Opinion polls

Results

The

won with a supermajority of 62 seats, a slight drop from the 65 won in the prior elections. The

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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

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Norovyn Altankhuyag won one seat as an Independent candidate.

References

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