The Mongolian Democratic Party leadership election took place on 29th of January. The clear majority winner was S.Erdene. The counting of votes continued through the night and only this morning, was the election commission able to announce the winner.
As a result of votes from the eight districts of Ulaanbaatar and twenty provinces, S.Erdene won 2714.45 counts, N.Altankhuyag 1640.60, L.Gantumur 1279.43, J.Batzandan 1012.36 and D.Erdenebat 801.31.
One of the critical decisions made by the 1,210 attendees of the Democratic Party’s Sixth Congress held on November, was to elect a new party chairman through votes from all DP members.