1997 Mongolian presidential election
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| Registered | 1,155,228 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 85.06% ( 7.67pp) | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 18 May 1997. The result was a victory for Natsagiin Bagabandi of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, who received 63% of the vote. Voter turnout was 85%.
The election of Bagabandi was described as a protest vote against the rapid economic reforms of the Democratic Union Coalition government.