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2020 Mongolian parliamentary election


Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 24 June 2020. The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Mongolian People's Party, which won 62 of the 76 seats, a slight decrease from the 65 it won in the 2016 elections. The main opposition Democratic Party won 11 out 76 seats, gaining only 2 seats.

The 76 members of the State Great Khural were elected by plurality-at-large voting in multi-member constituencies. The electoral system was not decided until a new electoral law was passed on 22 December 2019. The changes were expected to marginalise smaller parties, and also effectively removed the right of 150,000 Mongolian expatriates to vote, as they could not be registered in a specific constituency. The new electoral law also barred people found guilty of "corrupt practices" from standing in elections. The proposal to re-introduce mixed proportional system failed to garner enough support.

Women's right activists called for raising gender quota for nominations from 20% to 30% but they failed. Until the 2024 elections, female MPs made up 17% (13 seats) in the parliament, the highest number since the first democratic elections in 1990.

606 candidates were officially registered by the General Election Commission of Mongolia for the election, of whom 121 were independents and 485 were from the following 13 political parties and 4 coalitions:

PartyTotal
Mongolian People's Party76
Democratic Party76
Mongolian Green Party15
Our Coalition (Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Civil Will–Green Party, Mongolian Traditional United Party)74
New Coalition (Citizen's Coalition for Justice Party, Republican Party, Truth and Right Party, Mongolian National Democratic Party)72
Right Person Electorate Coalition (National Labour Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party, Justice Party)53
People's Party1
Freedom Implementing Party13
Development Program Party7
United Patriots Party1
Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition (Mongol Conservative Party, For the Mongolian People Party)34
Love the People Party1
Demos Party30
World Mongols Party3
People's Majority Governance Party24
Great Harmony Party1
Ger Area Development Party4
Independent121
Total606

Multiple candidates were arrested during the election campaign. Among them, two were running on the governing MPP's ticket, three were candidates of the opposition DP and one was a candidate of the Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition.

The ruling Mongolian People's Party won with a supermajority of 62 seats, a slight drop from the 65 won in the prior elections. The centre-right Democratic Party won 11 seats. The candidate of Our Coalition, former State Great Khural member and vice chairperson of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, Sainkhüügiin Ganbaatar, won a seat, as did the candidate of the Right Person Electorate Coalition and Chairperson of the National Labour Party, Togmidyn Dorjkhand. Former Prime Minister of Mongolia Norovyn Altankhuyag won one seat as an Independent candidate.

Mongolian People's Party1,795,66544.9862–3
Democratic Party977,68024.4911+2
Our Coalition322,4548.0810
New Coalition210,6685.280New
Right Person Electorate Coalition209,1065.241New
Keep Order! Constitution 19 Coalition40,8361.020New
Mongolian Green Party23,4850.5900
Love the People Party18,5420.4600
People's Majority Party13,7330.340New
Zon People's Party8,8370.220New
Freedom Implementing Party4,7590.1200
Great Harmony Party4,1180.100New
Ger Area Development Party3,3430.080New
Development Program Party3,5220.090New
People's Party3,3330.080New
World Mongols Party5910.010New
United Patriots Party4480.0100
Independents350,8068.7910
Total3,991,926100.00760
1,473,40699.84
2,3740.16
1,475,780100.00
2,003,96973.64
Source: General Election Commission
  • List of MPs elected in the 2020 Mongolian parliamentary election
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