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| Demonstrators have clashed with police in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator amid protests over last weekend's general election. | Demonstrators have clashed with police in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator amid protests over last weekend's general election. |
| Police in riot gear were sent to the offices of the election commission and the ruling party, reports said, after protesters outside threw stones. | Police in riot gear were sent to the offices of the election commission and the ruling party, reports said, after protesters outside threw stones. |
| Preliminary results from Sunday's poll give a clear victory to the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. | Preliminary results from Sunday's poll give a clear victory to the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. |
| But the opposition Democrats have alleged fraud. | But the opposition Democrats have alleged fraud. |
| Early results from the election suggest the ruling MPRP had taken at least 43 seats in the 76-seat parliament, or Great Hural. | |
| "We do not accept these results," Democratic Party leader Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj told a news conference, according to Reuters news agency. | |
| "No-one needs these kinds of results, and they will be corrected in accordance with law." | |
| However, the details of the opposition's allegations of irregularities are not yet clear. | |
| Hundreds of opposition supporters took to the streets of Ulan Bator, where some clashed with police who fired teargas. | |
| A police spokesman, Sainbayar - who like some Mongolians goes by only one name - accused the protesters of "acting like hooligans", news agency AP reported. |