A few weeks ago, I posted about the Mongolian election. The opposition DP claimed that the results were unfair and there was rioting in which the ruling MPRP party’s office was set alight and five people were left dead.

The situation is still confused. No official electoral results have been posted by the General Election Commission. Worse, it appears that the president has received two different versions of the results. According to a Mongolian news blog, the first set of results on 10 July gave the MPRP 36 seats with a number of results still outstanding. Mongolia’s parliament has 76 seats, so this would mean that the MPRP would require a coalition partner, presumably the opposition DP, or that it would have to govern as a minority. However, on 14 June the updated list gave the MPRP 39 seats, enough for a majority. Ten results (covering three constituencies) are still outstanding.

Last week the new parliament was due to meet for the first time, but there was no quorum as the DP representatives stayed away. (A quorum is 56 deputies and the DP have 25 deputies). Another attempt to convene parliament was held yesterday, but again the DP stayed away. In the meantime, the two parties are holding talks. it is not entirely clear what the talks are about, but one blog seems to imply that they are about policy issues that divide the parties rather than anything to do with government formation.

The DP is being criticised for not accepting the result of the election. However, the General Election Commission is also coming under criticism for still not having delivered definitive results a month after the election.