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10:15, 26-Jun-2017
Presidential elections begin in Mongolia
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Mongolians went to the polls Monday to elect a new president for the landlocked country with a population of three million.
There are 1,978,298 eligible voters who will cast their votes in the presidential elections, which mainly involve candidates from three leading parties.
Voting began at 7:00 a.m. local time (2300 GMT, June 25) nationwide and will end at 10:00 p.m. (1400 GMT, June 26).
Election officials deliver a ballot box and a mobile voting booth to a private house for remote voting in the upcoming presidential election in Zuunmod, Tuv Aimag, Mongolia, June 25, 2017. /VCG Photo
Election officials deliver a ballot box and a mobile voting booth to a private house for remote voting in the upcoming presidential election in Zuunmod, Tuv Aimag, Mongolia, June 25, 2017. /VCG Photo
Candidates vying for the top post have offered different proposals to ease the government's mounting debt pressure during their presidential campaigns.
Miyegombyn Enkhbold of the ruling Mongolian People's Party and Battulga Khaltmaa of the opposition Democratic Party are considered the main contenders.
The new president will inherit a 5.5 billion US dollar International Monetary Fund-led bailout aimed at stabilizing the country's economy.
(Source: Xinhua)
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