Author Archives: JDierkes

About JDierkes

Research on Mongolia for over 20 years, particular focus on mining policy and democratization. Princeton-trained sociologist. Dean, School of Social Sciences, Univ of Mannheim.

First Mongolian Medal in London

Mongolian team at London 2012 Olympics celebrates the first medal. Continue reading

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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

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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

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Steps toward New Government

Surprisingly fast emergence of coalition a possibility in Mongolia. Continue reading

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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

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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

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Blogging Election News

Some indications as to the effectiveness of blogging about the Mongolian parliamentary elections. Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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