The official campaign for the June 29 parliamentary election kicked off on June 11. The General Election Commission published the official list of candidates on June 7.
I’ve been trying to sort through this list to take note of particular interesting races and to get an overview of the political landscape. Below are some numbers.
I suspect that I will keep updating this post or re-posting it as I notice or am told about more patterns.
The number in parentheses refers to the constituency (тойрог) number
Two Constituencies with only two candidates (DP & MPP)
Bayan-Ulgii (4)
Uvs (32)
Nine Constituencies with only three candidates (DP & MPP & ?)
Bayan-Ulgii (5) Conservative Party
Umnugovi (22) MPRP
Umnugovi (23) MPRP
Selenge (27) MPRP
Tuv (29) MPRP
Tuv (30) MPRP
Uvs (33) MPRP
Khentii (40) CWGP
Khentii (42) MPRP
21 Constituencies with no Incumbents Running
Bayan-Ulgii (5)
Bayankhongor (8)
Bulgan (10)
Govi-Altai (11)
Govi-Sumber (12)
Dundgovi (13)
Zavkhan (18)
Uvurkhangai (20)
Uvurkhangai (21)
Umnugovi (22)
Tuv (29)
Khovd (34)
Khovd (36)
Khuvsgul (37)
Khentii (42)
Darkhan-Uul (44)
Orkhon (48)
Sukhbaatar (59)
Bayangol (68)
Songinokhairkhan (71)
Songinokhairkhan (76)
21 races without an incumbent means that there will be at most 55 incumbents in the new parliament, that means roughly at least a quarter of MPs will be new to parliament.
Constituencies with Most Candidates
Bayanzurkh (51): 14
Bayanzurkh (54): 13
Chingeltei (63): 13
Bayanzurkh (49): 12
Bayanzurkh (51): 12
Bayanzurkh (53): 12
Khan-Uul (55): 12
Songinokhairkhan (72): 12
City vs. Country Constituencies
28 city district constituencies with total of 283 candidates, i.e. roughly 10 per constituency
48 country districts with total of 215 candidates, roughly 4.5 per constituency
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Re: Orkhon (48), D. Damba-Ochir, the MAN candidate, is not the incumbent, but was a member of parliament representing Orkhon in 2008-2012. He ran in the 2012 elections, also as a MAN candidate.
Also interesting in Orkhon:
Odkhuu (AN) ran in 2012 and was also a PM in 2008-2012. Candidates Zolbaatar and Altankhuyag ran in 2012, but have switched parties (Zolbaatar from AN to the Irgenii Khudulguunii Nam and Altankhuyag from Civil Will-Green to AN).
Thanks, Marissa, seems like there are a good number of pre-incumbents in races as well. Interesting. Any guesses as to who might win this Orkhon race?
Zoljargal and Damba-Ochir are both the heads of prominent local companies, which I have never heard any complaints about. I’m curious about this “Civil Movement Party;” I wonder as to how being a part of that vs. AN would effect Zoljargal’s chances.
I also just noticed something else rather major — O. Baasankhuu (MAKhN), currently representing Sukhbaatar District, is also running against Zoljargal and Odkhuu! I think I also need to go and look further into what is going on with MAKhN.