MONGOLIA

ELECTIONS IN 2004

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Chamber:
  Ulsyn Ikh Khural
 
Dates of election / renewal (from/to):
  27 June 2004
 
 
Purpose of elections:
  Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
 
Background and outcome of elections:
  On 27 June 2004, general elections were held for all the 76 seats in the State Great Hural (Parliament).

Some 1.4million Mongolians, out of a population of 2.5million, were called to the polls.

Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), Republican Party, Mongolian Green Party, Mongolian National Coalition Party, Mongolian Liberal Party, Mongolian Traditional United Party and Motherland Democratic Coalition (MDC) - formed by the Civil Will Republican Party, the Mongolian Democratic Party and the Mongolian New Democratic Socialist Party, - contested the elections, together with some independent candidates.

In the outgoing Parliament, the MPRP had an overwhelming majority - 72 out of 76 seats ousting the Motherland-Democratic Coalition, which had governed Mongolia from 1996 until the last elections in 2000.

The MPRP dominated the electoral campaign with an estimated 90 per cent of political advertising, saturating the airwaves and blanketing the capital, Ulan Bator, in campaign posters, while the MDC put on a very low-key campaign avoiding glitzy rallies, TV ads and street billboards. Both sides in the electoral campaign presented similar programmes aiming to increase jobs by stimulating the private sector and offering subsidies for the country's youth. Prime Minister Enkhbayar campaigned on promises of a seven per cent annual growth, cutting taxes, creating jobs, pushing legal reforms and eliminating poverty and corruption. Mr. Enkhbayar also put fordward his achievement of the cancellation of 98 per cent of the country's Soviet-era debt. The opposition made similar economic promises but also stressed the need to protect human rights and individual freedoms.

The campaign was peaceful although it was marred by allegations by the MPRP that opposition candidates were buying votes with gifts of money and vodka. The opposition for its part alleged that the MPRP was planning to commit outright election fraud, arguing that the ruling party had some of its supporters registered more than once, and that the government had limited the number of opposition election observers.

Some 81.84 per cent of the registered voters turned out to vote. The results showed that the opposition had made a remarkable advance, obtaining 34 seats. The MPRP won 36 seats, independent candidates 3 and the Republican Party 1 seat.

On 26 July 2004, the new Parliament convened. A by-election was held in the 59th constituency on 27 February 2005 and won by a MPRP candidate. On 26 July 2004, the new Parliament convened.
 
STATISTICS
 
Round no 1 (27 June 2004): Election results
Number of registered electors 1'330'610
Voters 1'088'683 (81.82%)
Blank or invalid ballot papers 15'719
Valid votes 1'072'964
Round no 2 (27 February 2005): Election results
Number of registered electors 1'329'798
Voters 1'088'318 (81.84%)
Blank or invalid ballot papers 15'722
Valid votes 1'072'596
By-election was held for two vacant seats.
 
 
Round no 1: Distribution of votes
 
Political Group Candidates Votes %  
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) 76 517'443 48.23  
Motherland-Democracy Coalition 76 474'977 44.27  
Independents 15 36'543 3.41  
Republican Party (MRP) 35 14'819 1.38  
 
Round no 2: Distribution of votes
 
Political Group Candidates Votes %  
Motherland-Democracy Coalition  
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP)  
 
Round no 1: Distribution of seats
 
Political Group Total
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) 36
Motherland-Democracy Coalition 34
Independents 3
Republican Party (MRP) 1
Round no 2: Distribution of seats
 
Political Group Total
Motherland-Democracy Coalition 1
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) 1
 
Comments:
Source: General Electoral Committee (04.03.2005)
The seat for the 24th constituency is still in dispute (IPU Group, 27.07.2005).
The Supreme Court has confirmed the election of Mr. Zandaakhuu Enkhbold of the Democratic Party (a member of the Motherland Democratic Coalition) in September 2006 (State Great Hural, 05.04.2006). He has been included in the statistics on the distribution of the seats according to sex, age, and profession.
 
Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men: 71
Women: 5
Percent of women: 6.58
 
Distribution of seats according to age:
31 to 40 years 9
41 to 50 years 48
51 to 60 years 16
61 to 70 years 3
 
Distribution of seats according to profession:
Engineers       19
Economists       17
Others       12
Engineer-economist       12
Lawyers       9
Teachers       4
Physicians       3

 

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