2024 Mongolian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Mongolia on 28 June 2024 to determine the composition of the State Great Khural.[1]
Background
The current government's legitimacy was questioned during the 2022 protests after a corruption scandal involving the theft of $12.9 billion worth of coal.
In August 2022 the Constitutional Court cancelled Article 39, Section 1 of the constitution, which stated that "Prime Minister and no more than four members of the and the Government can hold the office of member of the State Great Khural". At the opening of the 2022 spring extraordinary session, chairman of the State Great Khural, Gombojavyn Zandanshatar stated that "In this regard, it is believed that there is a need to discuss and resolve the issues related to the number of members of parliament, the competence of the executive branch, the control and balance of governance, and the development of parliamentary democracy by establishing a National Consensus Working Group and discussing and resolving the issue".
The State Great Khural passed a constitutional amendment on 2 June 2023, increasing the number of MPs from 76 to 126.[2]
Electoral system
Following the passing of a new electoral law, the elections will be held using a parallel system, with 78 seats elected by multiple non-transferable vote in 13 multi-member constituencies and 48 by closed list proportional representation at the national level with an electoral threshold of 4% for individual parties, 5% for a two-party coalition and 7% for coalitions of three or more parties.[3][4] To qualify for proportional seats, parties and coalitions must also have candidates running in at least half of the seats in each constituency. Party lists must adhere to the zipper system, while the overall gender ratio of candidates for a party must not be greater than 70:30 or less than 30:70. A voter turnout of 50% is required for the result in a constituency to be considered valid, or another round of voting must be held for that constituency.[4]
Parties
The result of the 2020 parliamentary elections and members in the State Great Khural is given below:
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elected | Current | +/– | ||||
| Mongolian People's Party | 62 | 62 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Party | 11 | 12 | +1 | |||
| Our Coalition | 1 | 0 | –1 | |||
| HUN Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 76 | 76 | 0 | |||
Opinion polls
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
MPP | DP | MPRP | HUN | Other | Ind. | None | Und./NA/ DK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sant Maral | 18 Mar – 16 Apr 2023 | 1,000 | 13.6 | 10.7 | – | 2.3 | 1.4 | – | 6.7 | 65.3 |
| Sant Maral | 3 May – 10 Jun 2022 | 1,200 | 21.4 | 10.2 | – | 3.1 | 0.3 | – | 3.7 | 61.4 |
| 28 May 2021 | Merger of MPP and MPRP | |||||||||
| Sant Maral | 1–16 Apr 2021 | 1,210 | 20.7 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 58.4 |
| 2020 election | 24 Jun 2020 | – | 44.9 | 24.5 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | – | – |
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Elections to Take Place on June 28, 2024". Montsame. 2023-12-28.
- ^ B., Ooluun (2 June 2023). "Number of Parliament Members to be Raised to 126". Montsame.
- ^ "Some new regulations on parliamentary elections". montsame. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ a b Smith, Marissa. "Parliamentary Elections 2024: Yet Another New Election System". Mongolia Focus. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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