Ulaanbaatar
Voting gets underway in 2020 legislative election as polls open
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Polling stations opened at 7 AM local time and voting is underway across the country, as the public choose their MPs for the next parliament.
Polls in the 8th legislative election of Mongolia are open until 10 PM today. Those unable to visit the polling station by themselves cast their vote through sealed mobile ballot boxes the day before the polling day and the ballot papers have been put into the voting machines as the polls opened.
A total of 485 candidates from 13 parties and 4 coalitions and 121 independent candidates are running in the legislative election and 2,000,624 voting age citizens are on the list of eligible voters. All 2,070 polling stations have been disinfected and provided with disposable protective face masks and gloves to distribute to the voters to prevent COVID-19 infections.
