Author Archives: Marissa Smith

Russian-Mongolian Friendship and the Rehabilitation of Tsedenbal and Filatova

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith After leading the Mongolian People’s Republic continuously since 1952, Yu. Tsedenbal was dismissed from his office in 1984 while traveling in Moscow (Atwood 2004, 549). Tsedenbal and his Russian wife, Filatova, never returned to Mongolia. However, … Continue reading →

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Remonstrance in Red and Black, With Response: The Demonstrations of January 2025

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith So far, winter 2025 has seen two brief demonstrations. Neither approaches the scale of the last major demonstration event, the so-called “coal theft”/нүүрс хуулгайч protests of December 2022 and January 2023, which was followed by a … Continue reading →

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Quick Observations On the Eve of Local Elections 2024

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith While I was in Mongolia this summer for the 2024 Parliamentary Elections and was discussing the results for third parties, some interlocutors expressed enthusiasm for the 2024 local (Citizen’s Representatives’ Khural) elections, which will take place … Continue reading →

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Observing Election Day: Erdenet City

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Benjamin Nuland and Marissa J. Smith In the week leading up to election day on June 28, Julian and Benjamin observed 10 polling stations in constituency 4 (Khuvsgul, Bulgan, and Orkhon aimags), traveling from Murun to Bulgan to interview … Continue reading →

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PM Oyun-Erdene’s Multi-Party Cabinet

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith After each winning shares of seats in the election, the MPP, DP, and KhUN signed a cooperation agreement to form a “grand coalition.” (The Civil Will Green Party and National Coalition also won four seats each). … Continue reading →

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How Much Power and Legitimacy Do New Women MPs Hold?

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith As already noted in Bulgan’s post, the new Parliament has the highest proportion and number of MPs ever, with over a quarter of the new Parliament being comprised of women. While this is certainly a result worth … Continue reading →

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Election Results: How Did Incumbents Fare?

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith The 2024 Parliamentary Election has resulted in prominent MPP MPs from specific constituencies losing their seats. Especially of note here is Zandanshatar, the Speaker of Parliament, in the Khangai district (1), and Ganibal from the eastern steppe constituency … Continue reading →

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Election Campaigning and Discussions on Social Media

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith A brief summary of trends I am observing on Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit: Candidate Assets Besides its usual excellent infographics presenting candidates and parties, ikon.mn has also released data visualizations on candidate’s assets (“Candidates of MPP, … Continue reading →

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Table of Candidates, Parliamentary Elections 2024

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith I’ve put together an Airtable of candidates, available at this link: https://airtable.com/app4qRxMRvaDmDLsg/shrJ1RxjGJL3QeSWz (Click here to see detailed changelog) 7/6/13: Most parties removed from spreadsheet to meet account type requirements, added four Civil Will-Green Party party list … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Elections 2024: Note on Third Parties, #1

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Marissa Smith

by Marissa J. Smith While we wait for the State Audit Office to review and approve party platforms (I will be looking for them to appear on the General Election Commission’s website around April 26), I have prepared some observations … Continue reading →

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