1996 Mongolian parliamentary election

1996 Mongolian parliamentary election

30 June 1996

All 76 seats in the State Great Khural 39 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– DUC Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj 47.05 50 New MPRP Puntsagiin Jasrai 40.49 25 −45 MUNN Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar 1.82 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Puntsagiin Jasrai MPRP Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan DUC

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92%.

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Union Coalition	475,267	47.05	50	New
	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	408,977	40.49	25	–45
	Democratic State	31,417	3.11	0	New
	Mongolian National Unity Party	22,350	2.21	0	New
	Mongolian Traditional United Party	18,372	1.82	1	New
	Mongolian Bourgeois Party	17,581	1.74	0	New
	Mongolian Workers' Party	1,211	0.12	0	New
	Independents	31,072	3.08	0	–1
Blank votes		3,910	0.39	–	–
Total		1,010,157	100.00	76	0
Valid votes		1,010,157	95.55
Invalid votes		47,025	4.45
Total votes		1,057,182	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,147,260	92.15
Source: Nohlen et al.