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Mongolia’s former PM Khurelsukh takes the presidential elections
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ULAANBAATAR, 10 June, 2021 (TON): According to the Thursday’s preliminary election results, Mongolia’s former PM Khurelsukh Ukhnaa won nearly 70 percent of the vote in the presidential election.
The results showed historically low voter turnout for the third election in two years.
In the early hours of Thursday, Khurelsukh declared a decisive victory after getting nearly 70 percent of votes cast.
“From the bottom of my heart, I thank my fellow Mongolians,” he said.
Enkhbat Dangaasuren, his main rival, gathered only around a fifth of the votes.
Khurelsukh resigned as prime minister in January following protests and public outrage over the treatment of a coronavirus patient and her newborn baby.
However, landlocked Mongolia, wedged between China and Russia, has struggled with political instability since it became a democracy. Its first constitution was passed in 1992 after decades of communist rule.
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