Category Archives: Politics

A New Mongolian Government Is Finally Formed

Posted on September 11, 2012 by mendee

In a post to the Eurasia Daily Monitor Mendee looks at the recently formed government in Mongolia. Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Voter Turn-Out

Posted on August 23, 2012 by JDierkes

Brian White examines the extent to which migration may be having an impact on voter turnout in Mongolian elections. Continue reading →

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Speculation on a New Government and Factions in the Democratic Party

Posted on July 16, 2012 by D.Byambajav

The Democratic Party (DP) has decided to negotiate with the MPRP-MNDP’s “Justice” coalition on forming a coalition government. However, according to its latest statements, the DP received proposals from the CWGP and independent MPs to join the coalition government. Such … Continue reading →

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Sec. Hillary Clinton has finally Arrived…in UB

Posted on July 9, 2012 by miliate

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton came to Ulaanbaatar and demonstrated why Mongolia matters: democracy is rare in the immediate neighbourhour. Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal Asia article on State of Mongolian Democracy

Posted on July 8, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on July 5, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on July 4, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on July 3, 2012 by JDierkes

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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Blogging Election News

Posted on July 2, 2012 by JDierkes

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

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Democratic Party wins big in Ulaanbaatar City Council Election

Posted on July 1, 2012 by D.Byambajav

Results of the Ulaanbaatar city council election. Continue reading →

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Seat Distribution Based on Corrected June 30 Preliminary Results

Posted on June 30, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on June 30, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on June 30, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on June 30, 2012 by JDierkes

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

Posted on June 30, 2012 by JDierkes

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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