The 8th Parliamentary Election of Mongolia

On December 20, 2019, the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia approved a bill on the Law on State Great Hural Election of Mongolia. According to the Law, the 2020 Parliamentary Election was held with plurality-at-large voting system, also known as multiple non-transferable vote. The 76 Parliament seats were distributed into each district and aimag as electoral constituencies across the country.

The 8th Parliamentary election with a total of 29 electoral constituencies was held nationwide on June 24 of 2020, with 606 affirmed candidates, including 485 candidates from 13 political parties and 4 coalitions, and 121 independent candidates.

The votes for the 2020 Parliamentary Elections had been counted and aggregated on June 25, 2020. Mongolian People’s Party gained the majority or 62 seats in the 76-seat parliament, while the opposing Democratic Party won 11 seats.

The three remaining seats were won by S.Ganbaatar from 'Our Coalition' (Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party, Civil Will, Green Party, Mongolian Traditionally United Party), by T.Dorjkhand from 'Right Person Electorate Coalition' (National Labor Party, Mongolian Social Democratic Party, Justice Party) and by an independent candidate N.Altankhuyag, former Prime Minister of Mongolia, respectively.

Out of 76 elected candidates for the 2020 Parliament, 13 are women.

Parliament member-elect candidates receive their Identification Cards

Newly elected members of the Parliament received their Identification Cards at the State Palace on June 29, 2020.

The General Election Commission (GEC) of Mongolia issued a resolution on the validation of the candidates who received most of the votes in their respective constituency as the member of the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia.

The State Great Hural election held on June 24th and the polling took place from 7am to 10pm by local time. Overall 1,475,895 out of 2,003,969 voters cast their vote nationwide on Election Day with 73.65% of voter turnout.

Photos via http://parliament.mn/n/1zcy

On the same day, the General Election Commission presented the State Great Hural election result to the Speaker of the Parliament of Mongolia.

The newly elected members of the State Great Hural were inaugurated  

According to the President’s Resolution on setting the date, the Inauguration Session of the Eighth State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia was held on June 30, 2020, where 75 out of 76 member-elected candidates were present.

The first session was convened by President of Mongolia Kh.Battulga, who delivered an opening remarks.

After the General Election Commission introduction, the session was continued by swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected candidates.

At the afternoon plenary session MP G.Zandanshatar was re-elected as the Speaker of the State Great Hural by unanimous votes of newly elected parliamentarians.

Parliament to function with its 11 Standing Committees

At the plenary session of the State Great Hural held on July 09, 2020, it was resolved to function the parliamentary activities with its 11 Standing Committees.

1. Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy (19 members)

2. Standing Committee on Environment, Food and Agriculture (19 members)

3. Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Science and Sports (18 members)

4. Standing Committee on Ethics and Discipline (11 members)

5. Standing Committee on Innovation and e-Policy (19 members)

6. Standing Committee on Social Policy (17 members)

7. Standing Committee on State Structures (19 members)

8. Standing Committee on Budget (19 members)

9. Standing Committee on Industrialization Policy (14 members)

10. Standing Committee on Legal Affairs (18 members)

11. Standing Committee on Economics (19 members)