2017 Mongolian presidential election

2017 Mongolian presidential election

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Majority of the popular vote needed to prevent a run-off
 
Nominee Khaltmaagiin Battulga Miyeegombyn Enkhbold
Party Democratic MPP
Popular vote 611,226 497,067
Percentage 55.15% 44.85%

Second round results by province

President before election

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Democratic

Elected President

Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Democratic

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 26 June 2017. Incumbent President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, first elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, was constitutionally barred from running for a third term.[1] For the first time, no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, forcing a run-off between Khaltmaagiin Battulga and Miyeegombyn Enkhbold on 7 July, brought forward from 9 July.[2][3][4] The third-placed candidate Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar refused to recognise the results after he missed out on the second round due to finishing 1,849 behind Enkhbold, claiming that an additional 35,000 votes had been added to the total and there had been fraud. His Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party demanded a recount of votes in Bayan-Ölgii.[5]

In the second round, Battulga was narrowly elected with 50.61% of the valid votes, or 55% of the votes cast for a candidate.

  1. ^ Presidential election planned for June 26 Archived 12 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Montsame, 26 January 2017
  2. ^ No decisive winner in Mongolia presidential vote: election committee Reuters, 26 June 2017
  3. ^ Presidential election:second ballot on July 9 Montsame, 26 June 2017
  4. ^ Election of the President of Mongolia moved to July 7 ARD, 28 June 2017 (in Mongolian)
  5. ^ "Началось. Ганбаатар: Мы не признаем сообщения ЦИК. ВИДЕО". ARD. 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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