Mongolian PM's party wins reduced majority

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 30, 2024 12:08 am

ULAANBAATAR — Mongolia's ruling party emerged from this week's elections with its parliamentary majority significantly diminished on Saturday, local media said, after a campaign dominated by graft fears and the state of the economy.

Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene on Saturday morning declared victory in the previous day's polls, in which millions of Mongolians turned out to elect 126 members of the State Great Khural, the East Asian country's unicameral parliament.

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