1996 Mongolian parliamentary election

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Mongolian legislative election, 1996

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All 76 seats to the State Great Khural
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Puntsagiin Jasrai
Party Democratic MPP
Alliance Democratic Union MPP
Last election 70 seats, 56.9%
Seats won 50 25
Seat change Increase50 Decrease46
Popular vote 475,267 408,977
Percentage 47.0% 40.5%

Prime Minister before election

Puntsagiin Jasrai
MPP

Elected Prime Minister

Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92.1%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Union Coalition 475,267 47.0 50 New
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 408,977 40.5 25 Decrease46
Democratic State 31,417 3.1 0 New
Mongolian National Unity Party 22,350 2.2 0 New
Mongolian Conservative United Party 18,372 1.8 1 New
Mongolian Bourgeois Party 17,581 1.7 0 New
Mongolian Workers' Party 1,211 0.1 0 New
Independents 31,072 3.1 0 –1
Invalid/blank votes 47,025
Total 1,057,182 100 76 0
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p491