1996 Mongolian parliamentary election explained

Country:Mongolia
Previous Election:1992
Next Election:2000
Election Date:30 June 1996
Seats For Election:All 76 seats in the State Great Khural
Majority Seats:39
Party1:DUC
Leader1:Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Percentage1:47.05
Seats1:50
Last Election1:new
Party2:MPRP
Leader2:Puntsagiin Jasrai
Percentage2:40.49
Seats2:25
Last Election2:70
Party3:MUNN
Colour3:
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Leader3:Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar
Percentage3:1.82
Seats3:1
Last Election3:new
Prime Minister
Before Election:Puntsagiin Jasrai
Before Party:MPRP
After Election:Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
After Party:DUC

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92%.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen et al., p491
  3. News: Thayer. Nate. 1997-04-06. IN MONGOLIA, A GOP-STYLE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. en-US. Washington Post. 2020-12-31. 0190-8286.