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1997 Mongolian presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Mongolia
type	presidential
previous_election	1993 Mongolian presidential election
previous_year	1993
next_election	2001 Mongolian presidential election
next_year	2001
election_date	18 May 1997
turnout	85.06% ( 7.67pp)
registered	1,155,228
votes_for_election	Majority of the popular vote needed to prevent a run-off
image1	Natsagiin Bagabandi (Cropped).png
nominee1	Natsagiin Bagabandi
party1	MPRP
popular_vote1	597,573
percentage1	62.53%
image2	Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat 1995.png
nominee2	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
party2	Democratic Union Coalition (1996–2000)
popular_vote2	292,896
percentage2	30.65%
map_image	1997 Mongolian presidential election.svg
map_caption	Results by province
title	President
before_election	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
before_party	MSDP–MNDP
after_election	Natsagiin Bagabandi
after_party	MPRP
flag_year	1992

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997. The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, who received 63% of the vote. Incumbent president Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, who ran from the ruling Democratic Union Coalition (DUC), came in second with 30.65% nationwide, whilst the third-party candidate Jambyn Gombojav from the Mongolian Traditional United Party trailed with only 6.82%.

The 1997 presidential election is Mongolia's first-ever three-way presidential race. Voter turnout was 85%, a 7% drop from the previous election. The election of Bagabandi was described as a protest vote against the rapid economic reforms of the DUC government.

Background

In the 1996 parliamentary election, the opposition Democratic Union Coalition (DUC), comprising the Mongolian Social Democratic Party and the Mongolian National Democratic Party, won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), for the first time in its 75-year-long rule, was out of power, both from the executive and legislative bodies.

Many in the public came to view the cause of the MPRP's downfall as stemming from the party's lack of firm policies towards Mongolia's political problems or its foreign relations. DUC candidates, on the other hand, put forward a more specific agenda, vowing to focus on the privatization of state-owned organizations, the establishment of pension plans, the increase in teacher salaries, and a strong emphasis on Western bilateral ties — primarily with the United States, which the coalition called Mongolia's "third neighbor."

However, these reforms received mixed reactions upon implementation. Prime Minister Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan's cabinet oversaw a period of rising unemployment and inflation.

Candidates

Names	Born	Last position	Party
[[File:Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat 1995.png	130x130px]]
()
Tüdevtei, Zavkhan, Mongolia	Incumbent President of Mongolia
(1990–1997)
[[File:Natsagiin Bagabandi (Cropped).png	130x130px]]
()
Yaruu, Zavkhan, Mongolia	Chairman of the MPRP
(1997)
Chairman of the State Great Khural
(1992–1996)
[[File:Jambyn Gombojav.jpg	130x130px]]
()
Asgat, Sükhbaatar, Mongolia	Chairman of the People's Great Khural
(1990–1992)

Results

References

[[Dieter_Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p.490 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
(July 1997). "ELECTION RESULTS (March-June 1997)".
Nohlen ''et al''., p.491
Ginsburg, Tom. (1998). "Mongolia in 1997: Deepening Democracy". Asian Survey.
(1996-07-03). "Communists In Mongolia Are Toppled After 70 Years". The New York Times.
Dumbaugh, Kerry. (2006-05-03). "Mongolia: Political and Economic Status".
(2011). "Монгол улсын ерөнхийлөгчийн сонгуулиудын дүнгийн эмхэтгэл".

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