1996 Mongolian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural, the unicameral parliament of Mongolia. The former ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party won 25 seats. Voter turnout was 92%.
Contesting parties
For the 1996 election, 302 candidates were registered by the newly established General Election Commission, of whom 35 were independents and 267 were running from the following 5 political parties and 2 coalitions.
The National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. Government agency, helped unite several political parties, intellectuals, businessmen, students and other activists into the Democratic Union Coalition and then trained them in grassroots campaigning and membership recruiting. They also assisted in distributing 350,000 copies of a manifesto calling for private property rights, a free press and foreign investment to help convince people to vote out the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
Results
Results by constituency