1996 Mongolian parliamentary election
{{Infobox legislative election
| country = Mongolia
| previous_election = 1992
| next_election = 2000
| election_date = 30 June 1996
| seats_for_election = All 76 seats in the State Great Khural
| majority_seats = 39
| party1 = DUC
| leader1 = Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
| percentage1 = 47.05
| seats1 = 50
| last_election1 = new
| party2 = MPRP
| leader2 = Puntsagiin Jasrai
| percentage2 = 40.49
| seats2 = 25
| last_election2 = 70
| party3 = MUNN
| colour3 = #08459F
| leader3 = Ochirbatyn Dashbalbar
| percentage3 = 1.82
| seats3 = 1
| last_election3 = new
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Puntsagiin Jasrai
| before_party = MPRP
| after_election = Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan
| after_party = DUC
|}} {{Politics of Mongolia}}
Parliamentary elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p490 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}} The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural, the unicameral parliament of Mongolia. The former ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party won 25 seats. Voter turnout was 92%.Nohlen et al., p491
American involvement
The National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. Government agency, helped unite several political parties, intellectuals, businessmen, students and other activists into the Democratic Union Coalition and then trained them in grassroots campaigning and membership recruiting. They also assisted in distributing 350,000 copies of a manifesto calling for private property rights, a free press and foreign investment to help convince people to vote out the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.{{Cite news|last=Thayer|first=Nate|date=1997-04-06|title=IN MONGOLIA, A GOP-STYLE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/04/06/in-mongolia-a-gop-style-revolutionary-movement/e83d95be-ae1b-454b-ab90-2a3b56028b20/|access-date=2020-12-31|issn=0190-8286}}
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Democratic Union Coalition|votes1=475267|seats1=50|sc1=New
|party2=Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party|votes2=408977|seats2=25|sc2=–45
|party3=Democratic State|votes3=31417|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party4=Mongolian National Unity Party|votes4=22350|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=Mongolian Traditional United Party|votes5=18372|seats5=1|sc5=New
|party6=Mongolian Bourgeois Party|votes6=17581|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=Mongolian Workers' Party|votes7=1211|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=Independents|votes8=31072|seats8=0|sc8=–1
|row9=Blank votes|votes9=3910
|invalid=47025|invalidonly=y
|electorate=1147260
|total_sc=0
|source=Nohlen et al.
}}
References
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{{Mongolian elections}}