No decisive winner in Mongolia presidential vote

There was no winner in Mongolia’s presidential election on Monday, forcing the country’s first ever secondround run-off between the two leading candidates, the country’s General Election Committee said in the early hours of Tuesday.

The populist former martial arts star Khaltmaa Battulga of the opposition Democratic Party won the most votes, but failed to secure a majority, the committee said.

With votes still being counted, the committee did not confirm which of the other candidates, Miyeegombo Enkhbold of the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) or Sainkhuu Ganbaatar of the breakaway Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP), would join Battulga in the run-off.