Great State Chural

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Улсын Их Хурал
Great State Chural
emblem Parliament building
logo building
Basic data
Seat: Government Palace , Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia
MongoliaMongolia 
Legislative period : four years
First session: November 1924
MPs: 76
Current legislative period
Chair: Chairman
Gombodschawyn Dzandanschatar
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Distribution of seats:
  • MVP 65
  • DP 9
  • MRV 1
  • Independent 1
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    The Great State Chural ( Mongolian Улсын Их Хурал , Ulsyn Ich Chural , State Assembly) is the parliament of Mongolia . It is a unicameral system . According to Mongolian tradition, the parliaments of the Russian republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia also call themselves "People's Chural".

    Plenary Chamber of Parliament.
    Festival hall for appointments and awards.
    Inside the parliament building.

    Suffrage

    The parliament has 76 members who are elected as direct candidates with a majority of the votes from one constituency. An election is only valid if 50% of the registered voters in the constituency have cast their votes. Mongolian citizens over the age of 18 who are resident in Mongolia have the right to vote. An age limit of at least 25 years applies to the right to stand.

    Chairman

    The chairman of the parliament is elected by the members with a two-thirds majority from among their number. He is the spokesman for the legislature as well as the deputy of the state president and takes second place in the state hierarchy. The chairman chairs the parliamentary sessions and is responsible for handling the votes. He automatically becomes (ex officio) a member of the National Security Council.

    Gombodschawyn Dzandanschatar (MVP) has been the chairman since February 2019 .

    tasks

    Together with the government, the Great State of Chural draws up laws and decides to introduce them. The parties represented in parliament nominate the candidates for the direct election of the state president. Parliament approves the Prime Minister and the other ministers. It can override the President's veto with a two-thirds majority. This is also necessary for constitutional amendments.

    Election results

    The elections on June 28, 2012 resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party (DP) over the previously ruling Mongolian People's Party (MVP). The distribution of the total of 76 seats was as follows: Democratic Party (DP): 31, Mongolian People's Party (MVP): 25, Mongolian Revolutionary People's Party (MRVP) together with the Mongolian National Democratic Party (MNDP): 11, Party of Citizens' Will - Greens Party: 2, Independent Candidates: 3. Four seats remained vacant.

    In the election on June 29, 2016, the Mongolian People's Party (MVP) replaced the Democratic Party (DP) as the ruling party.

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Landslide victory of the Mongolian People's Party, publications, Mongolia office . In: Konrad Adenauer Foundation . ( kas.de [accessed on March 28, 2017]).
    2. ↑ Mongolia. Domestic politics. Federal Foreign Office, as of November 2016

    Web links

    Commons : State Great Khural  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files