{"id":1291,"date":"2012-06-30T01:23:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T08:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2013-06-13T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T19:07:12","slug":"june30-preliminary-results-from-gec-fptp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2012\/june30-preliminary-results-from-gec-fptp\/","title":{"rendered":"June 30 Preliminary Results from GEC: First-Past-the-Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 12h this afternoon the General Election Commission held another press conference to update the election results, reproduced on the <a href=\"http:\/\/songuuli.news.mn\/content\/112922.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">news.mn website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three candidates came in second or third, respectively, but received less than the minimum required for election (28%, according to Art. 48.4 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gec.gov.mn\/uploads\/page\/41ebe18c30810d33b063cad8fac38c1c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">election law<\/a>). That means, a run-off election for that seat will have to be held. According to Art 48.6,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>re-polling referred to in Article 48.4 hereof shall involve\u00a0candidates with the most votes and double the number of the contested\u00a0mandate(s)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When there is a single seat that is not won because no one received more than 28% of the vote, we double this single seat (the &#8220;contested mandate&#8221; in 48.6) and thus conclude that the top two recipients in the voting will be involved in a run-off. [Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/enkhboldz\" target=\"_blank\">Enkhbold Z<\/a> for pointing me in the right direction on this issue.]<\/p>\n<p>Here it is in English (m=male f=female; tw marks MPs whose Twitter account I have found and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jdierkes\/mongolian-mps-2012-16\/members\" target=\"_blank\">listed<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>1. Arkhangai<br \/>\nN Batbayar DP m incumb tw<br \/>\nB Bolor DP f new tw<\/p>\n<p>2. Bayan-Olgii<br \/>\nA Tleikhan MPP m new<br \/>\nA Bakei DP m new<\/p>\n<p>3. Bayankhongor<br \/>\nKh Battulga DP m incumb tw<br \/>\nD Ganbat DP m new<\/p>\n<p>4. Bulgan<br \/>\nY Otgonbayar MPP m incumb tw<\/p>\n<p>5. Gobi-Altai<br \/>\nTs Dashdorj MPP m new<\/p>\n<p>6. Dorn-Gobi<br \/>\nSh Batsuur MPP m new<\/p>\n<p>7. Dornod<br \/>\nKh Bolorchuluun Indep f new<br \/>\nN Nomtoibayar MPP m new tw<\/p>\n<p>8. Dund-Gobi<br \/>\nB Narankhuu DP m incumb tw<\/p>\n<p>9. Zavkhlan<br \/>\nYa Tsanjmyatav DP m new<br \/>\nD Oyunkhorol MPP f incumb<\/p>\n<p>10. Ovorkhangai<br \/>\nS Chinzorig MPP m new<br \/>\nN Tomorkhuu MPP m new<\/p>\n<p>11. Omn-Gobi<br \/>\nD Bat-Erdene DP m new tw<\/p>\n<p>12. Sukhbaatar<br \/>\nM Zorigt DP m new tw<\/p>\n<p>13. Selenge<br \/>\nS Bayartsogt DP incumb tw<br \/>\nJ Erdenebat MPP new<\/p>\n<p>14. Tov<br \/>\nM Enkhbold MPP m incumb tw<br \/>\nSu Batbold MPP m incumb<\/p>\n<p>15. Uvs<br \/>\nCh Khurelbaatar MPP m incumb tw<br \/>\nB Choijilsuren MPP m incumb<\/p>\n<p>16. Khovd<br \/>\nS Byambatsogt MPP m incumb tw<br \/>\nD Batsogt MPRP m new<\/p>\n<p>17. Khuvsgul<br \/>\nL Enkh-Amgalan MPP m new<br \/>\nN Davaasuren Indep m new<\/p>\n<p>18. Khentii<br \/>\nB Bat-Erdene MPP m incumb<br \/>\nB Garamgaibaatar DP m new<\/p>\n<p>19. Darkhan-Uul<br \/>\nS Ganbaatar Indep m new tw<br \/>\n[D Khayankhyarvaa MPP m incumb tw Note: not elected, requires run-off]<\/p>\n<p>20. Orkhon<br \/>\nO Sodbileg MPP m new<br \/>\nL Tsog MPRP m new<\/p>\n<p>21. Khan-Uul<br \/>\nTs Oyungerel DP f new tw<br \/>\nLu Bold DP m incumb tw<\/p>\n<p>22. Bayanzurkh<br \/>\nJ Batzandan DP m new tw<br \/>\nD Gankhuyag DP m incumb tw<br \/>\nB Batsorig MPP m new [Note: not elected, requires run-off]<\/p>\n<p>23. Sukhbaatar<br \/>\nLu Gantumur DP m incumb tw<br \/>\nR Amarjargal DP m incum tw<\/p>\n<p>24. Bayangol<br \/>\nS Erdene DP m incumb<br \/>\nS Odontuya DP f \u00a0new tw<\/p>\n<p>25. Songinokhairkhan<br \/>\nD Terbishdagva MPRP m incumb<br \/>\nL Erdenechimeg DP f new<br \/>\nL Erkhembayar DP m new tw [Note: not elected, requires run-off]<\/p>\n<p>26. Chingeltei<br \/>\nG Uyanga MPRP f new<br \/>\nG Bayarsaikhan DP m incumb<\/p>\n<p>All that would add up to DP 21, MPP 17, MPRP 4, Independent 3, with three seats unfilled awaiting a run-off election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 12h this afternoon the General Election Commission held another press conference to update the election results, reproduced on the news.mn website. Three candidates came in second or third, respectively, but received less than the minimum required for election (28%, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2012\/june30-preliminary-results-from-gec-fptp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6444,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[307920,4769,4291,307907,307911,307921],"tags":[983091,983090],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-will-green-party","category-democratic-party","category-elections","category-ikh-khural-2012","category-mongolian-peoples-party","category-mongolian-peoples-revolutionary-party","tag-brandon-miliate","tag-julian-dierkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6444"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}