Ulaanbaatar
2024 Parliamentary Elections to Take Place in 13 Constituencies
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, December 26, 2023 /MONTSAME/. On December 21, 2023, the State Great Khural approved a Resolution on “Establishing 2024 Electoral Constituencies of the State Great Khural of Mongolia and Determining the Number of Seats in a Constituency, Territory, and Center of Constituencies" for the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
Under Article 4 of the Election Law of the State Great Khural and Article 21, Section 1 of the Constitution, parliamentary
elections will be held under a mixed electoral system. 78 members of
Parliament will be elected by majoritarian representation, and 48 members by
proportional representation.
According to the Resolution, there
will be a total of 13 electoral constituencies with the distribution of 7 constituencies in aimags, and 6 in the
capital city Ulaanbaatar:
-Arkhangai, Bayankhongor and Uvurkhangai aimags are combined in
the 1st constituency;
-Gobi-Altai, Zavkhan, Uvs and Khovd aimags are united to the 2nd constituency;
-Bayan-Ulgii is the 3rd constituency
-Bulgan, Orkhon and Khuvsgul are united in the 4th constituency;
-Darkhan-Uul, Selenge and Tuv aimags are united to 5th constituency;
-Dornod, Sukhbaatar and Khentii aimags are united to 6th constituency;
-Gobisumber, Dornogobi, Dundgobi and Umnnugobi aimags are united
to 7th constituency;
-Bayanzurkh district is the 8th constituency;
-Bayangol district is the 9th constituency;
-Sukhbaatar and Chingeltei are united to 10th constituency;
-Songinokhairkhan district is the 11th constituency;
-Khan-Uul district is the 12th constituency;
-Baganuur, Bagakhangai, and Naliakh are united to 13th constituency.
Legal
adjustments including goals of regional development, the population of the
aimag and district, the distribution of administrative and territorial units,
the size and location of the constituency, consensus with the Parliament and
other political parties, and that the administrative units included in the
electoral constituency must be homogeneous in territory and adjacent along the
borders were taken into account in determining electoral constituencies.
The draft Resolution on “Establishing 2024 Electoral Constituencies of the State Great Khural and Determining the Number of Seats in a Constituency, Territory, and Center of Constituencies" was
developed based on a summary of the country's population and the number of
citizens of voting age by aimag, capital, soum, district and bags reported by
the General Authority of State Registration of Mongolia as of November 30, 2023.
