At stake in this election:

• 76 seats in the State Great Hural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Nambaryn ENKHBAYAR
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Sanjaagiin BAYAR
• Assembly: Mongolia has a unicameral State Great Hural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural) with 76 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the State Great Hural (Ulsyn Ikh Khural) 76 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP)
  • Leader: Sanjaagiin BAYAR
  • Seats won in last election: 37
• Party: Democratic Party (DP)**
  • Leader: Tsakhiagiyn ELBEGDORJ
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Motherland - Mongolian New Socialist Democratic Party (M-MNSDP)
  • Leader: Badarchyn ERDENEBAT
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Civil Will Party
  • Leader: Sanjaasurengiin OYUN
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Mongolian Republican Party (MRP)
  • Leader: Bazarsadyn JARGALSAIKHAN
  • Seats won in last election: 1

** Note: The Motherland Democracy Coalition (MDC), which consisted of the Motherland Party (M-MDNSP), Democratic Party (DP), Civil Will Party (CWP), and others, won a combined 34 seats in the 2004 election. The coalition disolved in December 2004.

Last Parliamentary election:

• Mongolia's last parliamentary elections were held on June 27, 2004.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 2,629,666 (2008)
• Registered Voters: 1,534,074 (February 2005)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,323,635 (2008)

·         Is Mongolia a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Mongolia ratified CEDAW: Yes (20 July 1981)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 3 (following the 2008 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 90 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Mongolia a signatory to CRPD: No

·         Has Mongolia ratified CRPD: Yes, accession (13 May 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 394,449 (est.)