Mongolian presidential election, 2001

Mongolian presidential election, 2001

20 May 2001

Nominee Natsagiin Bagabandi Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj Party People's Revolutionary Democratic Popular vote 581,381 365,363 Percentage 59.2% 37.2%

Aimags majority won by MPRP (red), DP (blue)

President before election Natsagiin Bagabandi People's Revolutionary Elected President Natsagiin Bagabandi People's Revolutionary

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 20 May 2001.^[1] The result was a victory for incumbent Natsagiin Bagabandi, who won 59.2% of the vote. Voter turnout was 82.9%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Natsagiin Bagabandi	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	581,381	59.2
Radnaasümbereliin Gonchigdorj	Democratic Party	365,363	37.2
Luvsandambyn Dashnyam	Civil Will Party	35,425	3.6
Invalid/blank votes		17,411	–
Total		1,000,110	100
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
2. Nohlen et al., p491