Mongolia Passes New Election Law: "The State Great Khural, Mongolia's parliament, passed a measure Thursday to revise the country's election system.
Under the new law, 28 of the parliament's 76 lawmakers will be elected using a proportional system, or vote for political parties, while the remaining 48 will be individual candidates nominated by their parties.
The previous election system was majoritarian and elected individual candidates.
"After three years, we finally revised the election law. Passing of this law was not an easy task for the parliament. The election law revisions are very significant. Now the new law needs to be promoted among the public," said Damdin Demberel, the parliament speaker"
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