1993 Mongolian presidential election

1993 Mongolian presidential election

6 June 1993
Registered1,106,403
Turnout92.73%
 
Nominee Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat Lodongiin Tüdev
Party MSDP-MNDP MPRP
Popular vote 592,836 397,061
Percentage 59.89% 40.11%

Results by province

President before election

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
MPRP

Elected President

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
MSDP

Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 6 June 1993, the first time a head of state had been democratically elected in a competitive election. The two candidates were incumbent president Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat and Lodongiin Tüdev, a renowned writer, editor and prominent political figure. Ochirbat had been elected president of the Mongolian People's Republic by the People's Grand Khural in the aftermath of the 1990 revolution and was nominated as a candidate by a coalition between the Mongolian Social Democratic Party (MSDP) and the Mongolian National Democratic Party (MNDP). Tüdev was nominated as candidate by the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP).

The result was a victory for Ochirbat, who received 60% of the vote. Voter turnout was 93%, which remains the highest turnout for a presidential election and the only time the turnout for a presidential election was over 90%. It was the first loss in an election by the MPRP since the adoption of the 1990 constitution.