By Xinhua,
Ulan Bator : Mongolians went to the polling stations Sunday morning across the country to elect new members of the nation’s parliament – the State Great Hural.
Starting from 7 a.m. local time (2300 GMT), the polling stations opened for people to cast their votes to elect 76 members of parliament.
The election has registered 311 candidates nominated from 11 parties and one coalition, as well as 45 independent candidates. The new parliament members will serve a four-year term.
Opinion polls showed that the election will be a competition between the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party and the Democratic Party, both the main parties of the current parliament.
The Mongolian General Committee of Election (MGCE) said the voting would close at 10 p.m. Sunday (1400 GMT) and the results will be released soon after.
Observers from about 20 countries and international organizations had been registered, the MGCE said.