RESULT OF LOCAL ELECTION SUBMITTED TO GEC

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The election committee of Gobi-Altai aimag Wednesday submitted to the General Election Commission (GEC) official results of the re-election of the Citizens’ Representative Khural of the province, and related to it other documents. A voting took place this January 19, in which participated 19 thousand 199 people out of 35 thousand 187 registered electors. 18 candidates from the Democratic Party (DP), Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP), and three independent candidates stood for the re-election. The election ran in both majority and proportional systems, and candidates from the DP G.Khurtsgerel, D.Chinzorig, D.Davaadorj, R.Lhagvadorj and B.Altangerel have been elected the Citizens’ Representative Khural of Gobi-Altai. By the proportional system, the DP got 49.41% of votes, MPP--36.75% and MPRP--13.18%, meaning the democrats have won six seats, MPP--four and MPRP--two. At its meeting on Tuesday, the aimag’s election committee discussed the election’s results and issued a resolution on approving them.