General Election Committee (GEC) issued three resolutions related to the presidential election. 

First, GEC states that 1.357.788 people voted for the president out of 1.988.868 registered voters. Thus, the election was considered valid due to voter turnout was 68.27. 
Secondly, the GEC reports the result;
Kh.Battulga, a nominee of Democratic Party won 517,478 votes /38.11 percent/, 
M.Enkhbold, a nominee of Mongolian People`s Party won 411,748 votes /30.32 percent/,
S.Ganbaatar, a nominee of Mongolian People`s Revolutionary Party won 409,899 /30.19 percent/ of votes. 
According to the Law on Election, a candidate must receive at least 50 percent plus one vote of the total valid votes to win the election. If none of the candidates win absolute majority votes in the first round, the two most voted candidates to run for a second round while a candidate who received the least votes will be disqualified from the competition. Thus, S.Ganbaatar, a nominee of Mongolian People`s Revolutionary Party quit the presidential race. 
Third, the re-polling is scheduled on Jul 9th nationwide and Mongolian citizens living abroad will vote on Jul 4th. The most voted candidates, Kh.Battulga, opposite Democratic Party nominee, and M.Enkhbold, the ruling Mongolian People`s Party nominee will run for the second round of voting. All voters is set to attend the second round of voting. 
Moreover, the re-polling was estimated to cost 7.2 billion. 
The voter turnout must be more than 50 percent at the re-polling and the re-polling will be considered as valid if one of the candidate win 50 percent plus one vote. If the participation rate will not reach 50 percent re-election must be carried. 
If re-election will be held, all political parties seated in the Parliament are eligible to nominate another candidate or upgrade their action plans.

Published Date:2017-06-27