Mongolian legislative election, 1996
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Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia
on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Democratic Union, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92.1%.
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Democratic Union, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92.1%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Union | 475,267 | 47.0 | 50 | New |
| Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party | 408,977 | 40.5 | 25 | 46 |
| Democratic State | 31,417 | 3.1 | 0 | New |
| Mongolian National Unity Party | 22,350 | 2.2 | 0 | New |
| Mongolian Conservative United Party | 18,372 | 1.8 | 1 | New |
| Mongolian Bourgeois Party | 17,581 | 1.7 | 0 | New |
| Mongolian Workers' Party | 1,211 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 31,072 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 47,025 | |||
| Total | 1,057,182 | 100 | 76 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al | ||||