1996 Mongolian parliamentary election

none Mongolia 1992 2000 30 June 1996 All 76 seats in the State Great Khural 39 Democratic Union Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj 47.24 50 new MPRP BüdragchaagiinDash-Yondon 40.64 25 70 MTUP Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar 1.80 1 new Prime Minister Puntsagiin Jasrai MPRP Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan DUC 92.15% ( 3.45pp) 1992 Electoral district map of Mongolian legislative election 1996.svg Results by constituency Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 0-19-924959-8 The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural, the unicameral parliament of Mongolia. The former ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party lost 45 of its seats and was reduced to a minority of 25 seats. The Mongolian Traditional United Party won a single seat.Ex-Communists Lose In Mongolia Election http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/01/world/ex-communists-lose-in-mongolia-election.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150526155417/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/01/world/ex-communists-lose-in-mongolia-election.html 2015-05-26 2025-09-01 The New York Times en Voter turnout was 92%.Nohlen et al., p491 The MPRP was out of government for the first time in its 75 years since the 1921 People's Revolution. The election was the first major legislative victory by the Mongolian opposition, and marked the first fully non-MPRP government since 1921.Ginsburg Tom 1997 Fighting Fire and Ice: Mongolia https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1245&context=journal_articles 2025-09-02 chicagounbound.uchicago.edu Chicago Unbound en Contesting parties For the 1996 election, 302 candidates were registered by the newly established General Election Commission, of whom 35 were independents and 267 were running from the following 5 political parties and 2 coalitions.Монгол улсын их хурлын сонгуулийн дүн 2022 General Election Commission of Mongolia 56–84 Mongolian State Great Khural election results https://gec.gov.mn/uploads/ih_huraliin_songuuli-2022.03.22.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250623173040/https://gec.gov.mn/uploads/ih_huraliin_songuuli-2022.03.22.pdf 23 June 2025 Ulaanbaatar Mongolian PartyTotalMongolian People's Revolutionary Party76Democratic Union Coalition(Mongolian National Democratic Party–Mongolian Social Democratic Party–Mongolian Green Party–Mongolian Democratic Renaissance Party)74Mongolian National Unity Party32Democratic State Coalition(Mongolian Democratic Socialist Party–Mongolian People's Party)42Mongolian Traditional United Party17Mongolian Bourgeois Party24Mongolian Workers' Party2Total267 American involvement The National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. Government agency, helped unite several political parties, intellectuals, businessmen, students and other activists into the Democratic Union Coalition and then trained them in grassroots campaigning and membership recruiting. They also assisted in distributing 350,000 copies of a manifesto calling for private property rights, a free press and foreign investment to help convince people to vote out the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.Thayer Nate 1997-04-06 IN MONGOLIA, A GOP-STYLE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT en-US Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/04/06/in-mongolia-a-gop-style-revolutionary-movement/e83d95be-ae1b-454b-ab90-2a3b56028b20/ 2020-12-31 0190-8286 Results File:Mongolian State Great Khural 1996.svg Democratic Union Coalition 6 5 475330 Mongolian National Democratic Party 34 New Democratic Party (Mongolia) Mongolian Social Democratic Party 13 +12 Mongolian Green Party 0 0 Mongolian Democratic Renaissance Party 0 New Non-party 3 +3 Independent 475330 50 New Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 408929 25 –45 Democratic State Coalition 3 2 31413 Mongolian Democratic Socialist Party 0 New Mongolian People's Party 0 0 No 31413 0 New Mongolian National Unity Party 22587 0 New Mongolian Traditional United Party 18135 1 New Mongolian Bourgeois Party 17561 0 0 Mongolian Workers' Party 1211 0 New Independents 31097 0 –1 0 1010193 47008 1147268 General Election Commission Results by constituency 1996 Mongolian parliamentary election results by constituency Province Constituency DUC MPRP DSC MNUP MTUP MBP MWP Ind. Valid Invalid ElectorateArkhangai 1 11,653 4,725 16,395 574 17,8802 4,473 5,538 1,122 3,050 189 14,417 720 15,7713 8,878 5,093 264 426 14,687 538 16,212Bayan-Ölgii 4 2,338 6,701 546 120 39831 10,102 726 12,5455 5,261 5,343 463 11,067 666 12,1176 4,996 6,044 1,643 12,683 433 13,599Bayankhongor 7 6,721 4,293 213 11,241 635 12,5658 7,394 4,084 893 12,379 320 13,0159 9,412 3,587 160 460 153 796 14,577 573 15,731Bulgan 10 7,214 5,859 642 1,041 300 15,091 661 16,54711 7,378 5,604 2,081 15,094 475 15,887Govi-Altai 12 4,256 10,882 907 16,049 393 16,95413 3,659 9,624 757 2,026 16,092 610 17,228Govisümber and Dornogovi 14 8,199 4,869 13,276 734 15,31315 5,681 9,344 15,148 874 16,716Dornod 16 5,724 3,835 9,621 372 11,21917 7,645 4,143 11,838 634 14,00418 7,531 4,738 344 246 12,906 538 14,797Dundgovi 19 4,107 4,351 1,710 2,284 12,499 459 13,46320 5,687 4,234 1,136 11,121 512 12,043Zavkhan 21 5,422 7,533 223 266 241 13,700 381 15,77322 9,550 6,482 16,072 651 17,10523 8,550 7,171 15,731 649 16,830Övörkhangai 24 5,379 4,702 1,102200 11,395 496 13,83825 7,895 4,180 456 12,543 741 14,12226 5,610 7,381 477 13,486 475 14,76927 5,001 5,006 3,043506 13,556 888 15,102Ömnögovi 28 4,998 3,953 1,411 856 11,237 297 11,95729 6,426 4,077 10,524 316 11,082Sükhbaatar 30 4,294 7,784 304 486 12,898 564 13,99931 5,136 3,179 5,400 682 14,433 696 15,440Selenge 32 8,146 5,772 926 252 15,171 769 17,48233 8,695 5,213 225 395 424 14,991 760 17,36134 5,839 5,943 885 12,723 599 14,508Töv 35 7,733 6,234 484 14,508 693 16,02536 3,418 6,143 256 9,850 401 11,42837 5,404 6,020 925 12,380 445 13,54238 5,957 4,444 450 451 778 12,124 533 14,243Uvs 39 2,966 6,306 132 1,810209 11,452 604 14,27140 5,063 9,115 357 14,578 951 16,69641 9,512 3,041 354 787 365 14,122 1,051 17,082Khovd 42 3,736 5,361 315 315 78 9,820 527 11,14543 5,020 9,241 14,261 485 15,13044 5,643 6,846 872 1,385 14,751 490 15,496Khövsgöl 45 5,804 4,030 1,049 484 1,628 13,016 502 14,44946 8,422 4,918 301 13,693 880 15,92647 7,441 5,771 353 13,603 595 15,24348 7,011 6,999 697 14,762 732 16,244Khentii 49 7,484 3,825 254 11,600 443 13,14150 7,671 3,363 937 174 12,164 388 12,80151 6,334 2,545 1,554 10,449 374 11,179Darkhan-Uul 52 7,823 2,785 311 126 11,080 413 13,28953 5,265 3,248 2,526 11,080 244 12,74254 5,913 4,170 442 1,725 12,279 625 14,682Orkhon 55 7,326 4,548 1,652 13,585 697 16,09056 8,407 4,922 13,433 616 15,979Ulaanbaatar 57 8,266 4,331 241 244 835 80971864 15,576 1,052 18,56058 7,710 2,613 427 147 320 2,485419 14,216 979 17,18959 7,120 4,994 1,582 1,431 15,273 822 18,71060 7,913 6,104 2,242 1,729 18,062 1,182 21,19161 4,530 5,442 466 492 2,876 13,899 838 16,81362 8,006 4,828 480 179 1,978 15,596 777 17,42263 6,736 3,937 270 130 635 1,095 12,861 612 14,87864 8,673 4,953 113 978110 14,900 601 16,69765 4,958 5,382 549 2,170 13,243 629 15,51966 4,287 4,313 718 74 562 2,166560142 12,907 713 15,45967 7,174 5,196 165 164 1,208 304 14,311 848 16,61268 8,394 4,269 472 311 13,564 731 15,68069 7,565 5,277 219 1,246 14,410 470 16,40470 6,711 4,899 492 875 13,066 613 15,30371 6,202 5,252 1,216 117 481 272 13,618 545 15,82372 5,402 4,282 621 378 1,004 11,772 715 13,84573 6,587 5,318 453 475 1,046 14,006 754 16,53874 6,594 4,925 154 244 472 12,449 457 15,32075 5,465 3,346 199 118 398 802 10,392 506 14,22076 6,247 4,325 252 856 947 12,739 746 15,288Total 475,330 408,929 31,413 22,587 18,135 17,561 1,211 31,097 1,010,193 47,008 1,147,268 References Mongolia Parliamentary Category:June 1996 in Asia Category:Parliamentary elections in Mongolia