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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

Mongolian Democratic Party calls for release of imprisoned candidate

Earlier today (11 June), Democratic Party of Mongolia released a statement demanding the release of imprisoned election candidate N.Nomtoibayar. The statement noted that the imprisonment of N.Nomtoibayar – who has different opinions to those of Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh – is

2.1 million Mongolians to vote in parliamentary election

The State Registration Authority has registered a total of 2.1 million eligible voters for the upcoming parliamentary election to be held on June 24. Mongolia’s eligible voting population can be divided by age to 324,000 people aged between 18 and

Income statements of Mongolian election candidates reseased

Mongolia’s 2020 parliamentary election is fast approaching. The important event will be held on 24 June.

Earlier today (3 June), the Independent Authority against Corruption released the income and revenue statements of the 606 candidates who are running. The financial information

Khan-Uul election candidate helping visually impaired voters

According to statistics, there are 105,000 people with disabilities living in Mongolia; this figure represents 10 percent of voters. However, visually impaired people cannot fully enjoy their democratic right to voting due to the lack of election materials in Braille