Category Archives: Ikh Khural 2012

PM Batbold out for a Run with MPP Candidate Ganhuyag

The prime minister goes running. Continue reading

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Parties vs. Individual Candidates

Campaign strategies focusing on individual candidates in outdoor advertising and party votes in media advertising. Continue reading

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Less Visibility for Mongolian Ultra-Nationalists

I remember being shocked during my first trip to Mongolia in 2008 when walking along Peace Avenue, I saw a car belong to the unofficial political group/gang Blue Mongol (Хөх Монгол) sporting a prominent and rather taboo swastika. After asking … Continue reading

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More Details on Election Procedures

Voting procedures for individual voters in Mongolia’s parliamentary election. Continue reading

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Campaign Workers

Campaign workers roaming Peace Avenue in Ulaanbaatar. Continue reading

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Took a while ’til my penny dropped: political vanity phone numbers

What’s in a number? Big Mongolian parties use vanity phone numbers in the current election. Continue reading

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First Look at Campaign-Smothered Ulaanbaatar

A census of downtown Ulaanbaatar outdoor election advertising. Continue reading

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Sant Maral’s Politbarometer June 2012

Some speculation about the election outcome in the Mongolian parliamentary election based on recently released poll results. Continue reading

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What am I looking for in election?

Some thoughts about different aspects of potential outcomes in the Mongolian parliamentary election. Continue reading

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Exit Poll of Diaspora Voters

Mongolians living in Japan, Korean, the UK, and the US have organized an exit poll of voters living abroad. Continue reading

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First-Ever Diaspora Voting

This year, Mongolians living abroad were able to vote for the first time in parliamentary elections, though their participation was hampered by a number of logistic hurdles. Continue reading

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Early Ideas and Reflections on the Atmosphere Surrounding the 2012 Elections

MA Asia Pacific Policy Studies student Brandon Miliate’s first election observations from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Continue reading

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Asia Pacific Memo 161: Bumpy Roads, but Heading in the Right Direction

Mendee Jargalsaikhan and Julian Dierkes present the glass-half-full view of the upcoming parliamentary election for Mongolian democracy. Continue reading

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Early Speculation about Likely Election Outcomes

Speculation about possible election outcomes in the 2012 Mongolian parliamentary election. Continue reading

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Mongolian People’s Party Candidates

As the Mongolian parliamentary election campaign is set to kick off, this is the list of candidates for the Mongolian People’s Party. Continue reading

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