2017 Mongolian presidential election

2017 Mongolian presidential election
26 June 2017 (first round)
7 July 2017 (second round)
Majority of the popular vote needed to prevent a run-off
 
Nominee Khaltmaagiin Battulga Miyeegombyn Enkhbold
Party Democratic MPP
Popular vote 611,226 497,067
Percentage 55.15% 44.85%
Second round results by province
President before election

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Democratic

 Elected President

Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Democratic

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 26 June 2017. Incumbent President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, first elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, was constitutionally barred from running for a third term. For the first time, no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, forcing a run-off between Khaltmaagiin Battulga and Miyeegombyn Enkhbold on 7 July, brought forward from 9 July. The third-placed candidate Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar refused to recognise the results after he missed out on the second round due to finishing 1,849 votes behind Enkhbold, claiming fraud and that an additional 35,000 votes had been added to the total. His Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party demanded a recount of votes in Bayan-Ölgii.

In the second round, Battulga was narrowly elected with 50.61% of the valid votes, or 55% of the votes cast for a candidate.

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