Nationalist Candidate Battulga Wins Mongolian Election in Runoff
- Battulga maintains Democratic Party last toehold on power
- Former judo star promised voters share of mineral resources
Battulga Wins Mongolia Election
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Battulga Khaltmaa of Mongolia’s Democratic Party was poised to win a runoff presidential election in Mongolia on Friday after promising to serve as a watchdog against super-majority rule in parliament by the Mongolian People’s Party.
Battulga, 54, had 50.8 percent of the vote as of 12:30 a.m. local time on Saturday compared to 40.6 percent of the vote for MPP candidate Enkhbold Miyegombo, with 92 percent of polling stations reporting. Ballots cast by expatriate Mongolians living in Europe are expected to arrive in the capital Ulaanbaatar Saturday morning, according to the General Election Commission.