Mongolia’s President Elbegdorj wins his second presidential term
Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj casts his vote at a polling station in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, June 26, 2013. Mongolian voters began to vote for a new president on Wednesday, with incumbent President Tsakhia Elbegdorj widely expected to be reelected. (Photo : Xinhua/Shi Yongchun)
Mongolia’s election commission says Harvard-educated Tsakhia Elbegdorj has won a second presidential term.
Elbegdorj took 50.22 percent of the vote, with Baterdene Badmaanyambuu of the main opposition Mongolian People’s Party receiving 41.48 percent. Udval Natsag, Mongolia’s first female candidate for the presidency, had 8.3 percent of votes in Wednesday’s election.
Mongolians head to cast their votes for the presidential election in the 14th sub-district of Bayanzurkh district of Ulan Bator in Mongolia on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Mongolians cast ballots Wednesday in the country's presidential election, with the Harvard-educated incumbent expected to hold off challenges from a popular ex-wrestler and a physician who is the country's first woman to seek the top office. Words on building describes building as a government office used as a "Household hospital" and "Police station. White letters in red boxes lists the polling station details and calls for residents to actively participate. (Photo : AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
The result is an affirmation of Elbegdorj’s efforts to root out corruption in the Alaska-sized nation of 3 million people whose fortunes are being transformed by a boom in mining for coal, copper, gold, and other resources. Economic growth has soared, but corruption, inequality, and inflation have worsened.
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party's Presidential candidate and current Health Minister Udval Natsag, center, waits in line to cast her vote at secondary school no.6 of the Sukhbaatar district in Ulan Bator, Mongolia Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Health Minister Udval Natsag, is Mongolia's first woman to vie for the presidency and a staunch backer of former President Enkhbayar Nambar, now serving time in jail for corruption. (Photo : AP Photo/Purevtseren Tuguldur)
Elbegdorj has also pledged to integrate the landlocked, north Asian country further in international society. His Democratic Party also controls the legislature under Prime Minister Altankhuyag Norov. <AP/NEWSis>
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