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98 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS DURING COVID-19

Mongolia

Parliamentary Elections – June 24, 2020

Mongolia is the second country after South Korea to hold national elections during the COVID-19
pandemic. It closed its borders and forced many to stay home to avoid infection and evolved a series
of COVID-19 safety guidelines. Policy Response on Containment in Mongolia right from 13 Feb. 2020
– included inter alia the following measures:

• Authorities declared the state of high alert;
• Travel ban from high-risk countries;
• Temporary suspension of coal exports to neighbouring countries.

• Social distancing
• Public events cancellations;

• School and university closures 10 Mar 2020;
• Government places Ulaanbaatar and other cities on lockdown;
• 27 May 2020: Mongolia to extend border closure till 30 June 2020.

A parliamentary democracy with a first-past-the-post electoral system, Mongolia conducted their
parliamentary elections on June 24, 2020. Mongolian voters went to the polls on June 24, 2020, the
Wednesday for regular elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 35,772 civil servants worked