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Author Archives: JDierkes
First Mongolian Medal in London
Mongolian team at London 2012 Olympics celebrates the first medal. Continue reading
Wall Street Journal Asia article on State of Mongolian Democracy
The glass is definitely half full for Asia’s only post-state socialist democracy. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, Media and Press, Politics
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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East Asia Forum: Electronic Counting but no Trust
Voting technologies performed smoothly in Mongolian parliamentary election, but trust in political parties is still lacking. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, East Asia Forum, Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, Party Politics, Politics
Tagged Brandon Miliate, Julian Dierkes
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Steps toward New Government
Surprisingly fast emergence of coalition a possibility in Mongolia. Continue reading
The Impact of a Quota: Female MPs in the Ikh Khural
13 women have been elected to the Mongolian parliament with its 76 seats. This is a huge increase from three previous MPs that is due a minimum quota of 20% female candidates in the election law. Continue reading
ACMS Conference: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Development, Environment, and Political Economy
Research conference on “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Development, Environment, and Political Economy” to be held in Ulaanbaatar, July 3, 2012. Continue reading
Blogging Election News
Some indications as to the effectiveness of blogging about the Mongolian parliamentary elections. Continue reading
Seat Distribution Based on Corrected June 30 Preliminary Results
Projection of the seat distribution in the Mongolian parliament based on corrected preliminary results announced June 30. Continue reading
June 30 Preliminary Results II from GEC: First-Past-the-Post
Yesterday, I posted results that were based on a news.mn website that reproduced results announced by the General Election Commission at noon. I was later accused on Twitter to be using wrong information, but neither of the accusers bothered to … Continue reading
Getting Yelled at Over Election Results
Earlier today, two Tweeps were clearly upset about some part of my tweets about our estimate of the seat distribution for the Mongolian parliament. D Amarbayasgalan whose Twitter profile identifies him as a local MPRP director, wrote, шал худлаа прогноз байна … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, Politics, Social Media
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Seat Distribution Based on June 30 Preliminary Results
Another seat estimate based on June 30 12h GEC announcement, including all but three direct seats which will have to go to a run-off. Continue reading
June 30 Preliminary Results from GEC: Proportional Representation
In its 12h press conference, the GEC announced a preliminary breakdown for the party vote that will determine the share of proportional representation in 28 seats. The following parties cleared the 5% minimum vote share that is necessary to be … Continue reading
June 30 Preliminary Results from GEC: First-Past-the-Post
At 12h this afternoon the General Election Commission held another press conference to update the election results, reproduced on the news.mn website. Three candidates came in second or third, respectively, but received less than the minimum required for election (28%, … Continue reading
Seat Distribution based on Preliminary Results
Here we combine previous estimates of first-past-the-post and proportional representation seats for a total seat count. Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Ikh Khural 2012, Party Politics
Tagged Brandon Miliate, Julian Dierkes
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Preliminary Results from the General Election Commission: Proportional Representation
In its 15h press conference, the GEC also announced a preliminary breakdown for the party vote that will determine the share of proportional representation in 28 seats. The following parties cleared the 5% minimum vote share that is necessary to … Continue reading