1997 Mongolian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997.^[1] The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, who received 63% of the vote. Voter turnout was 85%.^[2]

1997 Mongolian presidential election

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Majority of the popular vote needed to prevent a run-off
Registered	1,155,228
Turnout	85.06% ( 7.67pp)
Nominee Natsagiin Bagabandi Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat Party MPRP Democratic Union Popular vote 597,573 292,896 Percentage 62.53% 30.65%
Results by province
President before election Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat MSDP–MNDP Elected President Natsagiin Bagabandi MPRP

The election of Bagabandi was described as a protest vote against the rapid economic reforms of the Democratic Union Coalition government.^[3]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Natsagiin Bagabandi	Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party	597,573	62.53
	Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat	Democratic Union Coalition	292,896	30.65
	Jambyn Gombojav [mn]	Mongolian Traditional United Party	65,201	6.82
Total			955,670	100.00
Valid votes			955,670	97.26
Invalid/blank votes			26,970	2.74
Total votes			982,640	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,155,228	85.06
Source: General Election Commission of Mongolia