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Ex-communists win Mongolia race
MPRP's candidate Nambaryn Enkhbayar casts his vote
Mr Enkhbayar had been widely expected to win
The candidate of Mongolia's former Communist party has won Sunday's presidential election, according to official results.
Nambaryn Enkhbayar polled 53.4% of the more than 900,000 votes cast, thus avoiding the need for a second round of voting.
His main rival, Mendsaikhan Enkhsaikhan of the Democratic Party, polled 20%.
A spokesman for Mr Enkhbayer's Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) called the result "convincing".
Under Mongolia's system of government, the prime minister and parliament hold most real power, while the president's role was designed to be largely ceremonial.
But following disputed parliamentary elections last year, the MPRP and Democratic Party have been forced into a coalition government, which, analysts say, increases the president's influence.
Before the poll, there were rallies in the capital, Ulan Bator, for a more transparent electoral system.
Mongolia is such a small country, we need people to work together
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Protesters also demonstrated against alleged corruption.
International observers who visited polling stations on Sunday did not report any irregularities.
"We are relieved that nobody cried foul," Tjalling Halbertsma, a campaign advisor to Mr Enkhbayar, told the AFP news agency.
Struggle to rebuild
Turnout in the presidential election was 75%, slightly lower than in the last election.
Mr Enkhbayar, undisputed favourite to win, will take over from outgoing President Natsagiin Bagabandi, also of the MPRP.
Mr Enkhbayar, who was Mongolia's prime minister between 1990 and 1994, said on Monday that his main rival, Mr Enkhsaikhan, had called to congratulate him on his victory.
"He suggested that we work together. I replied that I am really looking forward to working together with all the contenders," Mr Enkhbayar was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
"Mongolia is such a small country, we need people to work together," he said.
Despite robust economic growth, Mongolia still faces deep poverty and social problems.
It is estimated that nearly a third of its 2.5m people live in poverty.
The former client state of the now defunct Soviet Union is also struggling to build itself up after decades of reliance on Moscow.
MPRP's candidate Nambaryn Enkhbayar casts his vote
Mr Enkhbayar had been widely expected to win
The candidate of Mongolia's former Communist party has won Sunday's presidential election, according to official results.
Nambaryn Enkhbayar polled 53.4% of the more than 900,000 votes cast, thus avoiding the need for a second round of voting.
His main rival, Mendsaikhan Enkhsaikhan of the Democratic Party, polled 20%.
A spokesman for Mr Enkhbayer's Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) called the result "convincing".
Under Mongolia's system of government, the prime minister and parliament hold most real power, while the president's role was designed to be largely ceremonial.
But following disputed parliamentary elections last year, the MPRP and Democratic Party have been forced into a coalition government, which, analysts say, increases the president's influence.
Before the poll, there were rallies in the capital, Ulan Bator, for a more transparent electoral system.
Mongolia is such a small country, we need people to work together
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
Protesters also demonstrated against alleged corruption.
International observers who visited polling stations on Sunday did not report any irregularities.
"We are relieved that nobody cried foul," Tjalling Halbertsma, a campaign advisor to Mr Enkhbayar, told the AFP news agency.
Struggle to rebuild
Turnout in the presidential election was 75%, slightly lower than in the last election.
Mr Enkhbayar, undisputed favourite to win, will take over from outgoing President Natsagiin Bagabandi, also of the MPRP.
Mr Enkhbayar, who was Mongolia's prime minister between 1990 and 1994, said on Monday that his main rival, Mr Enkhsaikhan, had called to congratulate him on his victory.
"He suggested that we work together. I replied that I am really looking forward to working together with all the contenders," Mr Enkhbayar was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
"Mongolia is such a small country, we need people to work together," he said.
Despite robust economic growth, Mongolia still faces deep poverty and social problems.
It is estimated that nearly a third of its 2.5m people live in poverty.
The former client state of the now defunct Soviet Union is also struggling to build itself up after decades of reliance on Moscow.
QUOTE
Mongolia's New President Vows Cooperation
By STEPHANIE HOO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) -
A British-educated literature scholar from Mongolia's formerly communist ruling party has been elected president, and he promised Monday to work with his bitter rivals and fight widespread poverty in this one-time Soviet satellite.
Nambariin Enkhbayar of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party said his first priority would be creating jobs.
"This may be the only way to fight poverty and bring development to this country," he said.
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ruled the country with an iron fist before multiparty democracy was introduced in 1990. It has since been voted out and back into power, and many Mongolians who voted for the party on Sunday said they were nostalgic for communist rule when Soviet aid kept the economy afloat.
Today's Mongolia can't look to Russia for help, but it can lower taxes on small businesses, increase job training, improve the banking system so entrepreneurs can get loans, and ease regulations on foreign firms, the 46-year-old Enkhbayar said.
"Creating jobs means supporting investment, both domestic investment and also foreign direct investment," he said.
In a country where more than a third of people can't afford enough food to eat, Enkhbayar's three opponents accused the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party-dominated government of allowing foreign mining firms to keep too much of the profits they earn from their interests in Mongolia.
However, opposition candidates ended up taking support away from each other, analysts said. Enkhbayar emerged victorious with 53 percent of the vote, with the others splitting the rest.
Enkhbayar's main rival, Mendsaikhanin Enkhsaikhan of the Democratic Party, won 20 percent. He drew his support from the anti-communists who defied police to take to the streets in 1990 and bring down one-party rule.
The Democrats were hurt by internal divisions and public skepticism about their term in power in 1996-2000, when a coalition of anti-communist parties splintered and collapsed.
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party was helped by name recognition and long-standing loyalty.
"Since I was young, I was always taught by the party, so I have a lot of respect for the MPRP," said voter Yarinpil Chimeddorj, 57, an unemployed former salesman.
Opponents complained the party's supporters ignored its long history of repression.
"Mongolia is cowering again under the dark cloud of suffering and misery. The dictator is now in power," said Namsrain Gombojav, a 78-year-old retired construction worker and Democratic Party supporter.
He said the election was fair, "but our people are very ignorant. The majority of Mongolian people are brainwashed by the party in power for 70 years."
Enkhbayar promised at a news conference to reach across the political divide. "I will represent not only the interests of one party, but the interests of all the people of Mongolia," he said.
Fluent in English and Russian, Enkhbayar has translated Charles d!ckens and James Joyce into Mongolian and says he secretly read Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn and other "forbidden books" while a student in Moscow in 1975-80. He also studied in Leeds in northern England in 1986.
Mongolia has a parliamentary system, with a government run by a prime minister - a post previously held by Enkhbayar. But frequent changes of government have made the once-ceremonial presidency more important. The president can veto legislation and appoint judges and generals.
The current president, Natsagiin Bagabandi, is also from the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
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By STEPHANIE HOO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) -
A British-educated literature scholar from Mongolia's formerly communist ruling party has been elected president, and he promised Monday to work with his bitter rivals and fight widespread poverty in this one-time Soviet satellite.
Nambariin Enkhbayar of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party said his first priority would be creating jobs.
"This may be the only way to fight poverty and bring development to this country," he said.
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ruled the country with an iron fist before multiparty democracy was introduced in 1990. It has since been voted out and back into power, and many Mongolians who voted for the party on Sunday said they were nostalgic for communist rule when Soviet aid kept the economy afloat.
Today's Mongolia can't look to Russia for help, but it can lower taxes on small businesses, increase job training, improve the banking system so entrepreneurs can get loans, and ease regulations on foreign firms, the 46-year-old Enkhbayar said.
"Creating jobs means supporting investment, both domestic investment and also foreign direct investment," he said.
In a country where more than a third of people can't afford enough food to eat, Enkhbayar's three opponents accused the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party-dominated government of allowing foreign mining firms to keep too much of the profits they earn from their interests in Mongolia.
However, opposition candidates ended up taking support away from each other, analysts said. Enkhbayar emerged victorious with 53 percent of the vote, with the others splitting the rest.
Enkhbayar's main rival, Mendsaikhanin Enkhsaikhan of the Democratic Party, won 20 percent. He drew his support from the anti-communists who defied police to take to the streets in 1990 and bring down one-party rule.
The Democrats were hurt by internal divisions and public skepticism about their term in power in 1996-2000, when a coalition of anti-communist parties splintered and collapsed.
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party was helped by name recognition and long-standing loyalty.
"Since I was young, I was always taught by the party, so I have a lot of respect for the MPRP," said voter Yarinpil Chimeddorj, 57, an unemployed former salesman.
Opponents complained the party's supporters ignored its long history of repression.
"Mongolia is cowering again under the dark cloud of suffering and misery. The dictator is now in power," said Namsrain Gombojav, a 78-year-old retired construction worker and Democratic Party supporter.
He said the election was fair, "but our people are very ignorant. The majority of Mongolian people are brainwashed by the party in power for 70 years."
Enkhbayar promised at a news conference to reach across the political divide. "I will represent not only the interests of one party, but the interests of all the people of Mongolia," he said.
Fluent in English and Russian, Enkhbayar has translated Charles d!ckens and James Joyce into Mongolian and says he secretly read Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn and other "forbidden books" while a student in Moscow in 1975-80. He also studied in Leeds in northern England in 1986.
Mongolia has a parliamentary system, with a government run by a prime minister - a post previously held by Enkhbayar. But frequent changes of government have made the once-ceremonial presidency more important. The president can veto legislation and appoint judges and generals.
The current president, Natsagiin Bagabandi, is also from the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.
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theres no mongolian section so I post here. ANyway
to become their Priesident. Then they laugh at them... or someone hates them
. MGL negen shine rekord togtooj magadgui bgaa shd delxiin tuuxend, ene n "xamgiin olon zasgiin gazar solidog" gesen 
, Bagabandi n arai l deer gsn 