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Ruling Party Candidate Wins Mongolia's Presidential Election - Reports

© AFP 2023 / BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIRMongolian People's Party candidate Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, gestures as he attends a campaign for the Mongolia's upcoming presidential election in Ulaanbaatar on May 24, 2021
Mongolian People's Party candidate Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, gestures as he attends a campaign for the Mongolia's upcoming presidential election in Ulaanbaatar on May 24, 2021 - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.06.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, a candidate at the Mongolian presidential election from the ruling Mongolian People's Party, won the race with 67% of the vote, Mongolian news agency Montsame reported on Wednesday.

As of 11:30 p.m. local time (15:30 GMT), Khurelsukh is said to be supported by 793,800 voters or 67% of the electorate. He has already issued a statement of thanks to voters.

Meanwhile, the candidate of the Right Person Electoral Coalition alliance, Dangaasuren Enkhbat, won 237,900 votes, and Democratic Party's Sodnomzundui Erdene won over 69,900 votes.

The voter turnout was at 52.7%. The Mongolian president is elected for a six-year term.

Earlier in the month, Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh told Sputnik that no matter who is elected president, they will support the development of relations with Russia.

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