The eighth State Great Hural /2020-2024/

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.

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)


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