Mongolia is preparing for a local election, which will be held on 19^th of October.  According to the General Election Commission, the registration for the local election has officially ended. A total of 15209 candidates from more than 330 soum (districts) of the 21 provinces and 9 districts of Ulaanbaatar have registered for 7006 seats.  Tuv province (1107 candidates) and Khuvsgul province (1100 candidates) have 500 electoral mandates.

Candidates for the local election will begin announcing their campaigns on 1^st of October.