2020 Mongolian parliamentary election explained

Country:Mongolia
Previous Election:2016
Next Election:2024
Election Date:24 June 2020
Seats For Election:All 76 seats in the State Great Khural
Majority Seats:39
Party1:Mongolian People's Party
Percentage1:44.93
Seats1:62
Last Election1:65
Party2:Democratic Party (Mongolia)
Percentage2:24.49
Seats2:11
Last Election2:9
Party3:Our Coalition
Percentage3:8.10
Seats3:1
Last Election3:1
Party5:RPEC
Percentage5:5.23
Seats5:1
Last Election5:new
Party6:Independents
Leader6:
Percentage6:8.71
Seats6:1
Last Election6:1
Map:Electoral district map of Mongolian legislative election 2020.svg
Prime Minister
Before Election:Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Before Party:MPP
After Election:Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
After Party:MPP

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.

Electoral system

The 76 members of the State Great Khural will be 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.[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

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:[7]

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

DatePollsterMPPDPMPRP CoalitionNCRPOtherUndecidedNo party
June 2020Sant Maral45.2%29.4%14.0%8.7%2.7%

Results

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 and Chairperson of the National Labour Party Togmidyn Dorjkhand. Former Prime Minister of Mongolia Norovyn Altankhuyag won one seat as an Independent candidate.[10]  

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3286/ Mongolia: Election for Ulsyn Ikh Khural (Mongolian State Great Hural)
  2. Web site: 2020 Race Begins. Jan 19, 2020. Mongolia Weekly. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026142641/https://www.mongoliaweekly.org/post/2020-race-begins . 2020-10-26 . 2020-01-19.
  3. https://montsame.mn/en/read/210681 Law on Elections amended
  4. http://www.businessinsider.com/r-mongolias-new-election-rules-handicap-smaller-parties-clear-way-for-two-horse-race-2016-5?IR=T Mongolia's new election rules handicap smaller parties, clear way for two-horse race
  5. Web site: Adiya . Amar . 2019-06-07 . Mongolia Eyes to Change its Electoral Rules ahead of 2020 Elections . 2023-04-08 . Mongolia Weekly . en.
  6. Web site: Post. Mongolia Weekly. en. 2019-12-29.
  7. Web site: 606 candidates confirmed to run for 2020 parliamentary election . MONTSAME News Agency . 2020-06-02 . 2020-06-26.
  8. Web site: Adiya . Amar . 2020-06-18 . Arrest of Political Candidates Raise Democracy Concerns in Mongolia . 2023-08-26 . Mongolia Weekly . en.
  9. Web site: Can Mongolia’s elections shun democratic backsliding?. Sukhgerel. Dugersuren. June 22, 2020.
  10. Web site: 2020 Election: Ruling Mongolian People’s Party wins 62 of 76 parliament seats . MONTSAME News Agency . 2020-06-25 . 2020-06-26.