General Election Commission
Central election body
Mongolia's central election body, established on 10 April 1992. It organises parliamentary, presidential and local elections and referendums nationwide, appoints lower election commissions, registers candidates and tabulates results.
Under the Law on the Central Election Body of 12 January 2006 the Commission is independent and politically neutral. It has nine members appointed for six-year terms - five nominated through Parliament, two by the President and two by the Supreme Court - who are civil servants and may not belong to a political party (Law on the Central Election Body; OSCE/ODIHR reports).
PEOPLE
P. Delgernaran (Purveegiin Delgernaran)
Chairperson of the General Election Commission - chair during the 2021 presidential election and the 2024 parliamentary elections
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Ch. Sodnomtseren
Former Chairperson - chair during preparations for the June 2020 parliamentary elections (Office of the President, 9 April 2020)
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RECORD
Legal basis
The Law on the Central Election Body of 12 January 2006 defines the Commission as a plenipotentiary state authority that exercises its activities independently, financed from the state budget approved by the State Great Khural, with interference by any body, official or citizen prohibited (Law text via ACE Project).
The 2024 parliamentary elections
Parliamentary elections on 28 June 2024 elected the expanded 126-member State Great Khural from 1,336 candidates of 19 parties and two coalitions. The OSCE/ODIHR final report found the elections well administered and the election administration professional and impartial, while noting an uneven playing field, a short campaign and blurred lines between party and state (OSCE/ODIHR Final Report, 2024).
Political finance transparency - 2025
In February 2025 the Commission joined the Online Platform for Publishing Political Finance Data of the Open Government Partnership, reported as the first election body in Asia to do so (Montsame, 11 February 2025).
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