On 19^th of October, Mongolians voted for the election of the people’s representatives to the 'soum khurals' (district councils) and municipal councils. According to the preliminary results,  the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) has won in more than 200 soums of 21 provinces, however, the Democratic Party (DP) has taken seats in over 100 soums. A total of 15,185 candidates from 330 soums in the country's 21 provinces and from the nine districts of Ulaanbaatar registered to compete for 7299 seats; 710 were independent candidates and 4530 were women.

A total of 2.6 million Mongolians were registered to vote in the local election, however turnout was very poor. More than 20 thousand staff were involved in the election which cost MNT13.9billion.

In June's general election, the MPP won a landslide victory, taking 65 out of 76 seats in the State Great Khural (parliament).