Mongolian presidential election, 1997

18 May 1997


Nominee	Natsagiin Bagabandi	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Party	MPRP	Social Democratic
Alliance	MPRP	Democratic Union
Popular vote	597,573	292,896
Percentage	62.5%	30.6%

Aimags majority won by
MPRP (red), SDP (green)

President before election

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Social Democratic

Elected President

Natsagiin Bagabandi
MPRP

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Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997.^[1] The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi, who won 62.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 85.1%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Natsagiin Bagabandi	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	597,573	62.5
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat	Democratic Union Coalition	292,896	30.6
Jambyn Gombojav	Mongolian Conservative United Party	65,201	6.8
Invalid/blank votes		26,970	–
Total		982,640	100
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
↑ Nohlen et al., p491

Elections and referendums in Mongolia
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