Mongolian Election Commission Orders New Vote in Two Districts
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Mongolia’s election commission said that two districts must go to the polls again after winning candidates failed to garner the required percentage of votes. The opposition Democratic Party is leading the vote.
Candidates who won seats in the 22nd and 26th districts did not reach the minimum 28 percent required by election law, General Election Commission head Luvsanjav told reporters in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator today. Each district will decide when and how to conduct a rerun, he said, without saying how it would affect the overall results, which are compiled on the basis of a mixed proportional representation system.