Mongolian legislative election, 1996

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Mongolian legislative election, 1996

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All 76 seats to the State Great Khural
  Majority party Minority party
  Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor.jpg
Leader Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Puntsagiin Jasrai
Party Democratic People's Revolutionary
Alliance Democratic Union People's Revolutionary
Last election 70 seats, 56.9%
Seats won 50 25
Seat change Increase50 Decrease46
Popular vote 475,267 408,977
Percentage 47.0% 40.5%

Prime Minister before election

Puntsagiin Jasrai
People's Revolutionary

Elected Prime Minister

Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
Democratic

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Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92.1%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Union Coalition 475,267 47.0 50 New
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 408,977 40.5 25 Decrease46
Democratic State 31,417 3.1 0 New
Mongolian National Unity Party 22,350 2.2 0 New
Mongolian Conservative United Party 18,372 1.8 1 New
Mongolian Bourgeois Party 17,581 1.7 0 New
Mongolian Workers' Party 1,211 0.1 0 New
Independents 31,072 3.1 0 –1
Invalid/blank votes 47,025
Total 1,057,182 100 76 0
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p491