Ulaanbaatar
Preliminary results of elections for Ulaanbaatar’s local councils
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Polls have closed across Mongolia in the
2020 elections for the Citizens’ Representative Khurals - local councils.
Preliminary results are being updated at
this moment as ballots being counted at the 2,148 polling places throughout the
country following the closure of the polls where Mongolians voted to elect
their new representatives at the local self-government bodies for 21 aimags and
their 330 soums and capital city Ulaanbaatar, and its 9 districts.
17,149 candidates of 9 political parties
and coalitions and independents ran for the local elections for 8,169 seats in
total nationwide.
In particular, in aimag and capital
city-level Citizens’ Representative Khural elections, 1,901 candidates vied for
the 816 seats, while in soum-level elections, 14,388 candidates participated
for 7,062 mandates, and 696 candidates for 291 seats at district-level local
councils, according to the General Election Commission.
As shown in the preliminary results of the
elections provided by the Election Commission of Ulaanbaatar city, out of 291
mandates for the Citizens’ Representative Khurals of 9 districts of the capital
city, and 201 mandates went to the representatives from the Mongolian People’s
Party, 75 seats to the Democratic Party representatives, 10 seats to the
National Labor Party, one seat to the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party,
one seat to Mongolian Green Party candidate and one seat to an independent
candidate.
Because two candidates from the Mongolian
People’s Party and Democratic Party have received the same number of votes,
ending in ties at an electoral constituency in Nalaikh District with 4
mandates, the second ballot to be held within 10 days as stated in the
corresponding law on local council elections.
As of 45 seats of the Citizens’
Representative Khural of Ulaanbaatar city, candidates of the Mongolian People’s
Party gained majority by winning 34 seats, Democratic Party won 8 seats and
Mongolian Labor Party 3 seats.
Final results of the elections for local
council bodies in 21 aimags and 330 soums are being collected and to be merged
together in coming hours.
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