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| Mongolia votes in key elections | Mongolia votes in key elections |
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| Voting has ended in Mongolia's fifth general election since the economic and political liberalisation of 1990. | |
| Voter turnout was high after a long and gruelling campaign between the two main parties, the Democrats and the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. | Voter turnout was high after a long and gruelling campaign between the two main parties, the Democrats and the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. |
| Both parties promised large public payouts from budget surpluses provided by the growing mining industry. | Both parties promised large public payouts from budget surpluses provided by the growing mining industry. |
| The 2004 election saw the two parties forced into a fragile coalition that produced three prime ministers. | The 2004 election saw the two parties forced into a fragile coalition that produced three prime ministers. |
| New voting system | New voting system |
| At a polling station in Ulan Bator's Sukhbaatar District, an election official announced an end to a long day of voting. | At a polling station in Ulan Bator's Sukhbaatar District, an election official announced an end to a long day of voting. |
| Election observers from half a dozen political parties carefully recorded the proceedings on video camera as the volunteers prepared to begin the process of counting ballots. | Election observers from half a dozen political parties carefully recorded the proceedings on video camera as the volunteers prepared to begin the process of counting ballots. |
| Voting at polling station number 23 went smoothly, the station master reported. | Voting at polling station number 23 went smoothly, the station master reported. |
| Indeed, there were no major problems reported at any of the country's nearly 2,000 polling stations. | Indeed, there were no major problems reported at any of the country's nearly 2,000 polling stations. |
| The General Election Committee said that voter turnout was high. | The General Election Committee said that voter turnout was high. |
| Their latest figures reveal that 74% of registered voters cast a ballot. | Their latest figures reveal that 74% of registered voters cast a ballot. |
| With polling over, activists from the Democrats and the MPRP retreated to their respective offices to await the results. | With polling over, activists from the Democrats and the MPRP retreated to their respective offices to await the results. |
| But a new multi-mandate system of voting means that ballot counting will take longer than usual, because each ballot will have up to three circled names. | But a new multi-mandate system of voting means that ballot counting will take longer than usual, because each ballot will have up to three circled names. |
| Although results have previously been known by the morning after an election, officials warn that this one might take several days to sort out. | Although results have previously been known by the morning after an election, officials warn that this one might take several days to sort out. |