Ulaanbaatar
Constituencies and number of mandates for 2016 parliamentary elections fixed
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Electoral constituencies, their territories, numbers and number of mandates for the upcoming parliamentary elections have been set up after plenary meeting of the parliamentary session had adopted the resolution on Thursday.
The resolution was backed by 61.9% votes or 39 parliamentarians out of 63 MPs, so it came into force on the day of its adoption.
Pursuant to the resolution, the 2016 parliamentary elections will run in 76 constituencies.
48 mandates are distributed to local constituencies, while 28 mandates--to constituencies of the capital city, thereby single-mandated are Bulgan, Gobi-Altai, Gobisumber, Dornogobi, Dundgobi and Sukhbaatar aimags each; two-mandated are Dornod, Zavkhan and Omnogobi aimags each; three- mandated are Arkhangai, Bayan-Olgii, Bayankhongor, Ovorkhangai, Selenge, Tov, Uvs, Khovd, Khovsgol, Khentii, Darkhan-Uul and Orkhon aimags each.
Ulaanbaatar city’s Bayangol district constituency will have four mandates, Bayanzurkh and Songinokhairkhan districts-six mandates each. Meanwhile, constituencies of Baganuur and Sukhbaatar districts merged, obtaining four mandates. Constituency of Bagakhangai district merged with Khan-Uul district, and the Nalaikh district’s constituency--with Chingeltei district. All these constituencies will have four mandates each.
