Category Archives: Party Politics

Election Campaigning and Discussions on Social Media

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith A brief summary of trends I am observing on Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit: Candidate Assets Besides its usual excellent infographics presenting candidates and parties, ikon.mn has also released data visualizations on candidate’s assets (“Candidates of MPP, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Political Parties’ Election Platforms on Higher Education

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Orkhon Gantogtokh This review focuses on how 19 political parties and 2 coalitions that submitted their election platforms reflect higher education (university level education) in their platforms, based on comparisons available at iKON and iToim. The analysis includes how … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: In Search of New, Clean, and Young Candidates for Politics in Mongolia

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Munkh-Erdene G For over a month, the reality show “Candidate-2024” was filmed, producing eight episodes to introduce new faces to Mongolia’s political landscape. As one of the 100 participants selected from more than 500 applicants, I was a complete … Continue reading →

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Notable Candidates

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes, Marissa J. Smith and Bulgan B Below are some of the notable individual candidates running in the election. “Notable” in this context means individuals who are known to us to have played a prominent role in politics … Continue reading →

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Incumbents

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes and Marissa J. Smith Incumbency has been a big factor in past elections in Mongolia regardless of (changes to) the electoral system. Given the “choice” of nomination for direct election or the party list, what are incumbents … Continue reading →

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Women Candidates 2024 Election

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes, Bulgan B and Marissa J. Smith Thanks to Marissa Smith‘s initiative, we’re building a table of candidates running in the June 28 parliamentary election. One of the characteristics we included in the table right away is gender. … Continue reading →

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Balance of Power in Expanded Parliament

Posted on May 6, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes The 2019 constitutional amendments were partly aimed at shifting the balance of power toward parliament and cabinet, away from the presidency. For example, the prohibition on the double deel was intended to strengthen the prime minister by … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Will the parties consider what the electorate wants to see on the ballots? There is a TV show for that. 

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By E Lkhagva As far as I can remember I don’t think there has been election coverage in Mongolian democratic history where the public felt there has been enough debates between candidates, real  interviews or fair coverage in general. When … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Elections 2024: Note on Third Parties, #1

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Marissa Smith

by Marissa J. Smith While we wait for the State Audit Office to review and approve party platforms (I will be looking for them to appear on the General Election Commission’s website around April 26), I have prepared some observations … Continue reading →

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Expectations of Coming Election

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes With Marissa Smith and D Enkhtsetseg, I have set the stage for the coming parliamentary election in terms of the changes to the electoral system. I have previously offered some thoughts of what these changes might imply … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Elections 2024: Yet Another New Election System

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith, Julian Dierkes, and Enkhtsetseg Dagva As many observers have noted, Mongolian election systems have changed from election to election for the past 20 years. In this post, we detail the form of the June 2024 Parliamentary … Continue reading →

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Party Strategies under a Mixed Electoral System in 2024

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes Recent constitutional amendments will have a profound impact on the 2024 parliamentary election especially as they will change candidates’ calculus about their nomination. Individuals seeking office or re-election will have the option of attempting to win one … Continue reading →

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Party Landscape and Constitutional Amendments in Summer 2023

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes and Marissa J. Smith While the MPP has now had a supermajority in parliament since 2016, the 2024 election is beginning to loom and the newly adopted constitutional amendment and amended Law on Elections with their shift to a … Continue reading →

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New Constitutional Amendments Toward Expansion of Parliament and Proportional Representation in Parliamentary Elections

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Julian Dierkes

By Julian Dierkes In mid-May it is looking like the constitution will be amended. D Amarbayasgalan has been very involved in process of proposing amendments as General Secretary of the MPP (more information about Amarbayasgalan) Үндсэн Хуулийн өөрчлөлтийн төслийг өргөн … Continue reading →

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Oyun-Erdene Cabinet, Version 01/2023

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Marissa Smith

By Marissa J. Smith A cabinet reshuffle has opened the new year of 2023, in the wake of a December marked by large demonstrations that climaxed with an attempted storming of the Government Building. A major focus of these demonstrations … Continue reading →

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