{"id":6692,"date":"2019-12-17T19:41:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T03:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2023-06-04T10:34:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T17:34:44","slug":"plurality-at-large-voting-revisited-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2019\/plurality-at-large-voting-revisited-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the 2008 Future in Voting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Enkhtsetseg D and Julian Dierkes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

After toying with the idea of a mixed electoral system<\/a>, in which 50 seats were to be distributed based on the FPTP system and 26 seats to be distributed proportionally from an open party list, the ruling MPP took many by surprise this week with a new proposal to use the block vote system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Case for Block Voting<\/span><\/h2>\n

The system, otherwise known as the plurality-at-large voting, or multiple non-transferable vote, has been previously used twice in Mongolia, 1992 and 2008 parliamentary elections – of course, 2008 was the only election to result in post-election violence in Mongolia\u2019s democratic history. As the Election Law is anticipated to go to a final vote later this week, surprisingly the Democratic Party and other smaller parties appear to support this system. Reasons cited by different parties<\/a> justifying the use of system include:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n