Mongolian legislative election, 2008

Mongolian legislative election, 2008

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All 76 seats to the State Great Khural
Majority party Minority party   Leader Sanjaagiin Bayar Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Party People's Revolutionary DP Leader's seat Ulaanbaatar (Sükhbaatar) Ulaanbaatar (Chingeltei) Last election 37 seats, 48.23% 35 seats, 44.27% ( part of EOA) Seats won 45 27 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 914,037 701,641 Percentage 52.67% 40.43%
Constituencies won   Mongolian People   Democratic   Civil Will   Green Party  Independent
Prime Minister before election Sanjaagiin Bayar People's Revolutionary Elected Prime Minister Sanjaagiin Bayar People's Revolutionary

(Chingeltei)

Sanjaagiin Bayar
People's Revolutionary

Sanjaagiin Bayar
People's Revolutionary

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 29 June 2008. A total of 356 candidates ran for the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. According to official results published on 14 July, at least 39 seats were won by the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), and at least 25 seats by the main opposition party, the Democrats (DP). Ten seats remained subject to possible recounts.

Members of the State Great Khural were elected from multi-seat constituencies in a Plurality-at-large system, with two to four seats per aimag or (in Ulaanbaatar) düüreg. Previous elections had single-seat constituencies, and the new, more complicated voting system was reported to have led to a delay in vote counting.

Of the 76 seats, 20 were elected from Ulaanbaatar, and the other 56 were elected from the aimags. Mongolian voter registration is coupled with civil registration. Vote counting was manually done by hands and was not publicly done, and results of individual polling stations are not published. After the 2004 legislative elections had been contested in some constituencies, Mongolian voters now have their thumbs marked after casting their vote.

311 candidates from 11 parties and one coalition, plus 45 independent candidates, were running for election, only 28 of them being incumbent MPs. Both the DP and the MPRP promised cash payouts in case of an election win. The DP promised 1,000,000 MNT (about 800 USD) per person in case of an election win. After first denouncing the idea of such payouts, the MPRP changed course and promised 1,500,000 MNT per person. Other issues were inflation and mining. As in previous elections, there were instances of candidates making monetary payments and other gifts to lure voters.