Newly elected members of the Mongolian parliament, or State Great Khural, received their temporary certificates from the General Electoral Committee of Mongolia. The Mongolian People’s Party, which is the country’s ruling party, won 62 seats in Wedensday’s parliamentary election, will form the new Cabinet.

According to Election law, the General Elections Committee must present a list of elected members of parliament to the President of Mongolia within 15 days after election ends. Then Mongolian President will then announce the date of the first session of the new parliament.

Traditionally, the oldest Member of Parliament must open the first session and MPs will take their oaths. Therefore, 66-year-old MP Kh.Badelkhan, who is an ethnic Kazakh, is expected to open and lead the first session of the new Mongolian parliament.

Mongolia has a significant Kazakh population, who mostly live in the Bayan Uulgii Province, in the mountainous far west of the country.

In 2016, new parliament opened its first session on 1 July.