Mongolia to allocate $17 million for Parliament elections

AKIPRESS.COM - The Cabinet of Ministers of Mongolia plans tp allocate 43 billion tugriks ($17 million) for organization of the Parliament elections in 2020.
The elections themselves will cost 24.3 billion tugriks (about $4.7 million).
The Cabinet of Ministers said that such costs are due to growth of a number of voters by 112,600 people and a minimum wage. Some 300 vote counting machines should be bought for the elections.
In the 2012 elections, 76 members of the State Great Khural were elected by two methods; 48 are elected from single-member constituencies and 28 from a nationwide constituency by proportional representation. However, on 5 May 2016 the electoral law was amended to remove the proportional representation seats. The changes were expected to marginalise smaller parties, and also removed the right of 150,000 Mongolians expatriates to vote, as they could not be registered in a specific constituency.
The winning candidate had to receive at least 28% of the valid vote to be elected; if not, a by-election would be held. Voter turnout had to be at least 50% in a constituency for the result to be valid.
The State Great Khural is the unicameral parliament of Mongolia. To date, it is composed of 76 members.