Ulaanbaatar
Candidates for Citizens’ Representative Khural elections receives certificates
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The General Election Commission (GEC) handed over Tuesday certificates to candidates who are nominated for the elections of the Citizens’ Representative Khural (city council) to be held on June 29 alongside the parliamentary elections.
A total of 272 candidates from nine political parties, two coalitions and 31 independent candidates are going to run for the local elections of the Citizens’ Representative Khural.
The city’s Democratic Party (DP), the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) nominated 45 candidates each; the Civil Movement Party (CMP)--41 candidates; the Unified Coalition of Patriots of the United Party of Patriots and the Labor Party of Pan-Mongolia--27 candidates; the National Labor Party (NLP)--24 candidates; Republican Party (RP)--21 candidates; the Mongolian Conservative Party (MCP)--eight candidates; the Unified Coalition of Patriots of the United Party of Patriots and the Labor Party of Pan-Mongolia--four candidates; and the Mongolian Conservative United Party (MCUP)--three candidates.
Four independent candidates will stand for elections as well.
