Parliamentary elections were held in
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...
on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the
Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the
State Great Khural, the unicameral parliament of Mongolia. The former ruling
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party won 25 seats. Voter turnout was 92%.
American involvement
The
National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. Government agency, helped unite several political parties, intellectuals, businessmen, students and other activists into the
Democratic Union Coalition and then trained them in grassroots campaigning and membership recruiting. They also assisted in distributing 350,000 copies of a manifesto calling for private property rights, a free press and foreign investment to help convince people to vote out the
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
Results
References
{{Mongolian elections
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...
Parliamentary
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
Parliamentary elections in Mongolia