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13 women win seats in Mongolian parliament

The ruling Mongolian People’s Party yesterday (24 June) won a landslide election victory retaining an overwhelming majority in the State Great Khural (parliament) – a reward from voters who approved of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.  The country of

Landslide Victory for Mongolia’s ruling party!

The official results of Wednesday’s Mongolia parliamentary election have been announced: The Mongolian People’s Party, which is the country’s ruling party, has won 62 seats in a landslide victory, while the once formidable opposition Democratic Party won a meagre 11

Election Day! Mongolians in ‘deels’ cast their votes

Today (24 June), Mongolians are voting in the parliamentary election. Polling stations opened at 7.00 a.m. local time and voting is underway across the country; doors will close at 10.00 p.m. Many Mongolians, mostly young people wearing traditional deels (pronounced

Mongolians set to vote in 8th parliamentary election

Tomorrow (24 June) is Election Day. Mongolians will participate in the country’s eighth parliamentary election since 1992. A total of 606 candidates from 15 parties, four coalitions and independents are set to compete for 76 seats in the Mongolian parliament

More candidates imprisoned ahead of Mongolian parliamentary election

Earlier today (18 June), a Mongolian court decided to detain three more candidates in next week’s parliamentary election. The trial of former PM S.Bayar and other six people started at the Ulaanbaatar’s Chingeltei, Sukhbaatar and Bayanzurkh Criminal Court this morning

Former Prime Minister J.Erdenebat imprisoned amidst protests

Former Mongolian Prime Minister J.Erdenebat was imprisoned today (16 June) after failed to pay the hefty MNT 10 billion bail issued by the Sukhbaatar District Court of Ulaanbaatar. His trail has been postponed until 22 June, two days before election.

Mongolia’s ruling party tops donation league

On Monday (15 June), the National Audit Office reported the conclusions of the donations’ statements submitted by political parties for the period from January and May, 2020. According to our sources, only eight parties out of 27 have presented their