2020 Mongolian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 24 June 2020.[2][3] 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.

2020 Mongolian legislative election

24 June 2020
All 76 seats in the State Great Khural 39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.65%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh Sodnomzunduin Erdene Party MPP DP Leader since 21 November 2017 30 January 2017 Leader's seat Khentii Province Bayangol District Last election 65 seats 9 seats Seats won 62 11 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 1,795,793 978,890 Percentage 44.9% 24.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nambaryn Enkhbayar Badrakhyn Naidalaa Party MPRP NLP Alliance Our Coalition Right Person Leader since 29 June 2011 2 March 2016 Leader's seat Not contesting Chingeltei District Last election 1 seat (MPRP) – Seats won 1 1 Seat change New Popular vote 323,675 209,104 Percentage 8.1% 5.2%
Prime Minister before election Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh MPP Elected Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh MPP

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.[4] 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][5] The new electoral law also barred people found guilty of "corrupt practices" from standing in elections.[4]

Women's right activists called for raising gender quota for nominations from 20% to 30% but they failed.[6] 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 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 Labor 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[8] and one was a candidate of the Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition.

Opinion polls

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

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 Labor Party Togmidyn Dorjkhand. Former Prime Minister of Mongolia Norovyn Altankhuyag won one seat as an Independent candidate.[9] 

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
	New Coalition	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
	Zon Olny Nam	8,710	0.22	0
	Freedom Implementing Party	5,142	0.13	0	0
	Ger Area Development Party	4,176	0.10	0	New
	Ikh Ev Nam	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	76	0
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total ballots cast		1,475,895	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,003,969	73.65
Source: General Election Committee of Mongolia, Ikon

References

1. "МОНГОЛ УЛСЫН СОНГУУЛИЙН ЕРӨНХИЙ ХОРОО". www.gec.gov.mn.
2. Mongolia: Election for Ulsyn Ikh Khural (Mongolian State Great Hural) IFES
3. "2020 Race Begins". Mongolia Weekly. Jan 19, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
4. Law on Elections amended Montsame, 24 December 2019
5. Mongolia's new election rules handicap smaller parties, clear way for two-horse race Reuters, 20 May 2016
6. "Post". Mongolia Weekly. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
7. "606 candidates confirmed to run for 2020 parliamentary election". MONTSAME News Agency. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
8. Dugersuren, Sukhgerel (June 22, 2020). "Can Mongolia's elections shun democratic backsliding?".
9. "2020 Election: Ruling Mongolian People's Party wins 62 of 76 parliament seats". MONTSAME News Agency. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-26.