Mongolian President Wins Re-Election in Preliminary Tally
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Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj defeated a wrestling champion and a pediatrician to win re-election without the need for a run-off vote.
Democratic Party candidate Elbegdorj won 50.23 percent of the vote with all counting completed, Choinzon Sodnomtseren, head of the General Election Commission, said at a briefing in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar today. Former wrestling champion Badmaanyambuu Bat-Erdene took 41.97 percent and Health Minister and former doctor Natsag Udval was third with 6.5 percent. The results will be made final within five days.