ULAN BATOR, Jun 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s presidential candidate from the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP), Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, won the regular presidential election last night.
Khurelsukh is the former prime minister and chairman of the MPP.
“First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Mongolian people. This victory brings a huge responsibility for me,” Khurelsukh told his supporters, after the preliminary results of the presidential election signalled a landslide win for him.
Three politicians, namely Khurelsukh; Sodnomzundui Erdene, former chairman of the opposition Democratic Party; and Dangaasuren Enkhbat, a former legislator and candidate from the Right Person Electorate Coalition, ran in the election held yesterday.
Preliminary voting results by the General Election Commission showed that Khurelsukh obtained around 65 percent of the votes.
Enkhbat conceded his defeat in the election and said, “May the choice of the Mongolian people be right, and may this country prosper even more.”
Erdene has not yet made a statement.– NNN-XINHUA
