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Category Archives: Democratic Party
1st Interim Report
[The title of the post is a bit of a pun, of course, as the OSCE election observation mission to Mongolia has been producing very substantial documents updating on their monitoring and these are entitled “Interim Report”] Quiet Ulaanbaatar I … Continue reading
Polling in UB One Week Before Election
Sant Maral has released a poll ahead of the presidential election that gives a glimpse of some of the tendencies in public opinion. As of June 19, no more polling is allowed, so one week ahead of the election, this … Continue reading
Elbegdorj Platform
[This post was researched and co-written by Brian White at The Mongolist blog.] Previous posts have offered an overview over the three candidates’ platforms, as well as of their foreign policy goals. Ten days before the election, President Ts Elbegdorj … Continue reading
Presidential Election as Test of DP Dominance
The upcoming presidential election will be the first occasion for the DP’s claims to stand for clean government to be tested in an election campaign since the party’s predecessor dominated the 1996-2000 parliament. This will be the first election that … Continue reading
Presidential Election Platforms
[This post was researched and co-written by Brian White at The Mongolist blog.] A cursory examination of the platforms of all three presidential candidates (incumbent Ts Elbegdorj, Member of Parliament B Bat-Erdene, and Minister of Health N Udval) gives the … Continue reading
I’m Still Thinking Run-Off…
Mendee has posted some very good reasons why he thinks a run-off following the June 26 presidential election is unlikely. At least until we see another Sant Maral poll (I’m hoping there will be one more before the June 19 … Continue reading
Run-off Is Unlikely
Politics in Mongolia is always interesting, dynamic, and puzzling – especially, towards elections. I like to challenge Julian’s earlier post about the potential for a run-off in the presidential election and argue that the incumbent has a strong likelihood of … Continue reading
PolitBarometer Ahead of Presidential Election
The Sant Maral Foundation released its PolitBarometer April survey of voters. Going by their strategy ahead of the parliamentary election in 2012, this will be the penultimate survey of public opinion. While polling is underdeveloped in Mongolia and hampered by … Continue reading
2012 Local Elections and Parliamentary Runoffs
The Democratic Party has made strong gains in Mongolia’s recent local elections, challenging decades of MPP dominance at the grassroots level. Continue reading
A New Mongolian Government Is Finally Formed
In a post to the Eurasia Daily Monitor Mendee looks at the recently formed government in Mongolia. Continue reading
Speculation on a New Government and Factions in the Democratic Party
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
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
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