With no election winner, Mongolia sets runoff for July 9
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Mongolia will hold its first runoff election for president next month after none of the candidates attained the necessary majority in Monday’s voting.
Democratic Party candidate and former wrestler Khaltmaa Battulga was the top finisher, with 38 per cent of the vote, and will face the Mongolian People’s Party’s Miyegombo Enkhbold in the July 9 election.
Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party candidate Sainkhuu Ganbaatar was eliminated by the narrowest of margins — 30.19 per cent to Enkhbold’s 30.3 per cent — prompting some complaints about possible vote tampering.
Total turnout stood at 68.27 per cent, the national election commission said Tuesday.