2000 Mongolian parliamentary election

2000 Mongolian parliamentary election
Mongolia
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2 July 2000
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All 76 seats in the State Great Khural
39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.44% (Decrease 9.71pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
MPRP Nambaryn Enkhbayar 51.75 72 +47
Democratic Union Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal 13.30 1 −49
Motherland Badarchiin Erdenebat 11.08 1 New
Civil WillGreens Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun 3.62 1 New
Independents 2.94 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Rinchinnyamyn Amarjargal
DUC
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
MPRP

Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 2 July 2000.[1] The result was a victory for the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, which won 72 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural, the unicameral parliament of Mongolia. No other party could win more than one seat. Voter turnout was 82.43%.[2]

Electoral system

Members of the State Great Khural were elected from 76 single-seat constituencies by a plurality voting method. The previous parliamentary elections of 1996 were held under the same system.[3] Of the 76 seats, 20 were elected from the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, and the other 56 were elected from the 21 aimags of Mongolia.[3]

Contesting parties

For the 2000 election, 602 candidates were registered by the newly established General Election Commission, of whom 27 were independents and 575 were running from the following 13 political parties and 3 coalitions.[4]

Party
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Mongolian Social Democratic Party
Civil Will PartyGreen Party
Motherland–Mongolian Democratic New Socialist Party
Mongolian Democratic Party
Mongolian Republican Party
Grand Coalition (Mongolian Traditional United Party–Mongolian Democratic Renaissance Party–For Mongolia Party)
Mongolian New Social Democratic Party
Mongolian Liberal Democratic Party
Mongolian Civil-Democratic New Liberal Party
Mongolian Party for Tradition and Justice
Mongolian Rural Development Party
Mongolian National Unity Party
Mongolian Workers' Party
Regional Development Party

Opinion polls

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample

size

MPRP MNDP MSDP M-MDNSP MDP CWP MRP Other Ind. None Und./NA/

DK

Sant Maral 19 May1 Jun 2000 2,504 51 13 7 11 1 4 4 1 2 5
2000 election 2 Jul 2000 51.6 13.4 9.1 11.0 1.8 3.6 4.2 2.4 2.9

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party516,79251.7572+47
Democratic Union Coalition132,77813.301–49
Motherland Party110,60811.081New
Mongolian Social Democratic Party91,3199.140New
Mongolian Republican Party41,9914.2000
Civil Will PartyGreen Party36,1933.621New
Mongolian Democratic Party18,1671.820New
Grand Coalition9,1050.910New
Mongolian New Social Democratic Party4,0770.410New
Mongolian Liberal Democratic Party3,1510.320New
Mongolian Rural Development Party2,0670.210New
Mongolian Civil-Democratic New Liberal Party1,1710.120New
Mongolian Unity Party1,0270.1000
Mongolian Party for Tradition and Justice5880.060New
Regional Development Party2380.020New
Mongolian Workers' Party470.0000
Independents29,3522.941+1
Total998,671100.00760
Valid votes1,002,55497.52
Invalid/blank votes25,4542.48
Total votes1,028,008100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,246,92982.44
Source: General Election Commission[4]

Results by constituency

2000 Mongolian parliamentary election results by constituency
Province Constituency MPRP DUC MP MSDP MRP CWPMGP MDP GC MNSDP MLDP MRDP MCDNLP MUP MPTJ RDP MWP Ind. Valid Invalid Electorate
Arkhangai 1 7,498 816 7,052 355 294 16,073 415 18,670
2 4,723 2,946 1,746 2,511 161 1,111 74 463 13,743 993 18,043
3 7,456 2,620 2,410 691 148 230 516 14,083 444 17,457
Bayan-Ölgii 4 6,974 991 746 2,690 11,407 440 15,350
5 5,692 2,020 1,596 1,742 552 474 131 69 55 12,369 501 14,160
6 6,149 1,087 1,130 2,585 536 1,203 14,128 409 15,381
Bayankhongor 7 4,304 2,207 2,174 901 331 858 355 274 11,417 343 13,671
8 5,446 496 1,510 1,899 172 213 117 3,102 12,966 261 14,806
9 7,151 3,525 1,487 1,068 310 183 238 324 14,299 475 16,442
Bulgan 10 8,946 573 1,946 1,317 303 1,566 14,677 467 17,715
11 11,306 498 798 1,241 174 14,033 277 16,651
Govi-Altai 12 9,868 574 1,906 1,158 1,012 158 137 879 15,701 274 17,936
13 6,201 973 924 2,509 734 113 3,121
754
15,345 340 17,377
Govisümber and Dornogovi 14 8,732 930 2,493 715 305 15,428 336 15,913
15 7,361 641 845 1,030 757 392 88 4,769 13,685 349 19,353
Dornod 16 3,583 3,232 318 371 408 84 8,009 239 10,042
17 5,477 611 164 6,515 12,778 202 16,445
18 5,618 952 1,731 323 470 515 1,016 10,645 324 13,253
Dundgovi 19 5,273 1,691 1,797 772 1,044 1,181 85 295 12,167 267 12,567
20 3,650 6,875 230 42 10,808 168 12,092
Zavkhan 21 6,295 533 1,409 2,925 171 1,039 40 211 12,626 195 15,965
22 11,489 953 1,728 344 168 14,688 169 16,427
23 8,257 4,374 2,138 713 272 53 15,812 209 17,815
Övörkhangai 24 6,028 1,895 817 734 89 114 116 1,408 11,229 226 14,457
25 4,940 4,907 1,746 610 107 49 12,374 272 14,667
26 8,187 3,041 581 1,448 133 13,406 343 15,260
27 6,546 3,262 1,885 1,173 154 141 927 796 14,908 445 17,142
Ömnögovi 28 6,672 4,018 387 283 507 196 18 12,096 224 13,617
29 5,715 3,634 580 658 188 95 10,882 245 12,645
Sükhbaatar 30 7,313 2,287 1,264 266 288 302 193 795 12,726 262 14,835
31 6,395 1,562 2,119 446 72 710 171 1,767 74 1,129 49 537 15,053 410 16,801
Selenge 32 7,981 908 5,096 332 407 230 14,973 282 19,316
33 7,987 1,641 1,991 1,262 287 31 175 27 801 14,231 389 18,398
34 5,481 5,429 560 215 309 398 1,034 13,537 238 16,338
Töv 35 6,672 2,571 1,569 499 719 294 45 38 12,420 591 16,077
36 6,159 707 875 216 876 117 111 9,077 152 11,043
37 6,571 1,637 1,041 1,670 400 32 11,357 223 15,030
38 5,750 1,114 1,841 324 172 364 24 159 9,758 236 13,676
Uvs 39 6,355 786 695 493 483 1,097 8 95 13 10,047 233 13,336
40 9,192 655 1,975 499 149 1,461 35 13,979 441 16,119
41 7,729 1,006 1,108 1,928 2,051 155 43 254 14,294 602 16,229
Khovd 42 4,803 1,901 2,639 295 238 129 39 23 10,085 230 12,588
43 9,552 2,033 850 692 155 475 42 602 14,406 326 15,925
44 7,161 3,649 1,604 856 186 88 21 1,323 58 57 15,010 403 15,583
Khövsgöl 45 4,164 437 678 1,367 202 52 18 95 135 141 5,196 12,498 329 15,336
46 6,603 1,659 1,904 3,080 291 746 14,318 397 16,982
47 7,445 823 2,787 439 457 104 103 1,351
816
14,340 345 16,912
48 6,723 173 3,076 4,109 139 483 256 117 229 15,326 455 17,820
Khentii 49 4,584 3,959 394 1,221 91 15 10,276 272 12,551
50 5,491 1,677 1,784 1,655 305 82 188 11,195 284 13,925
51 5,509 1,632 724 206 173 1,806 10,059 286 11,776
Darkhan-Uul 52 4,929 3,249 1,022 427 271 217 58 43 20 59 77 10,384 242 13,944
53 4,493 3,820 581 268 204 173 55 17 32 40 9,683 129 13,013
54 6,000 2,051 1,326 412 1,095 170 152 55 11,273 236 15,326
Orkhon 55 6,858 262 2,745 3,963 585 482 178 161 15,256 270 20,068
56 6,267 1,310 1,631 1,114 1,040 243 111 596
505
12,857 267 17,326
Ulaanbaatar 57 7,999 1,328 1,663 3,019 611 885 158 23 47 101 15,842 251 20,723
58 8,831 981 2,885 1,077 713 896 140 109 48 15,705 353 21,127
59 9,932 3,118 1,930 704 519 785 217 82 30 51 962
271
69
18,700 706 27,418
60 6,877 1,806 868 1,095 5,798 117 91 602 156 15 636 18,075 500 21,791
61 4,994 1,425 5,517 527 222 644 177 96 13,616 228 17,592
62 8,206 1,419 4,544 389 614 192 294 160 47 17 33 97 16,044 611 21,306
63 6,186 2,660 654 512 1,009 521 462 45 136 32 12,230 236 16,390
64 7,618 4,595 882 443 275 247 31 12 40 14,150 263 18,854
65 8,915 271 769 930 308 213 2,900 11 14,338 317 18,871
66 7,778 736 1,303 1,297 675 279 106 37 12,211 318 16,201
67 7,982 937 3,301 567 1,137 713 100 326 158 28 520 15,810 526 22,464
68 8,929 1,504 1,922 1,229 435 342 470 63 44 15,006 369 20,682
69 7,150 392 1,289 2,055 663 506 30 774 95 44 142 13,167 169 17,004
70 6,637 515 610 1,704 3,019 293 31 17 12,835 405 16,279
71 6,195 826 653 1,936 457 1,045 49 36 27 38 11,275 173 14,601
72 5,961 413 1,351 3,144 638 581 84 209 34 12,442 363 17,148
73 6,721 327 1,999 889 327 2,521 182 2,285 25 66 15,371 520 22,066
74 5,283 1,693 785 993 605 90 304 28 10,795 211 14,398
75 5,459 1,230 1,849 463 407 146 23 9,588 186 13,678
76 9,435 1,470 1,168 786 398 862 192 805 18 15,154 367 20,744
Total 516,792 132,778 110,608 91,319 41,991 36,193 18,167 9,105 4,077 3,151 2,067 1,171 1,027 588 238 47 20,907 1,002,554 25,454 1,246,929

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p491
  3. ^ a b Schafferer, Christian (2005). "The Great State Hural election in Mongolia, June 2004" (PDF). fula.at. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  4. ^ a b "Монгол улсын их хурлын сонгуулийн дүн" [Mongolian State Great Khural election results] (PDF), General Election Commission of Mongolia (in Mongolian), Ulaanbaatar, p. 5, 96–141, 2022