One was Badmaanyambuu Bat-Erdene, a renowned national wrestling champion and a three-term member of parliament from the former ruling party, the Mongolian People's Party (MPP).
Even so, he said, the fight cannot be put off.The majority party in parliament is the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), the former Communists and the country's oldest political party.
In the presidential election on June 26 , 2013 incumbent Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, with 50.23% of the balloting, defeated MPP candidate Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene (41.97%) and MPRP candidate Natsagiin Udval (6.5%).
According to the official results, published on July 4, of the 48 seats decided by majority voting, the DP won 22, the MPP 19, the Justice coalition (MPRP and National Democratic Party) 4, and independents 3. The DP received 35.3% of the total ballot, the MPP 31.3%, Justice 22.3%, and the Civil Courage Green Party (CC-GP) 5.5%.
With additional names taken proportionally from party lists, overall the DP was awarded 32 seats, the MPP 28, Justice 11, and CC-GP 2. In Ulaanbaatar city council elections for 45 seats, also held June 28, in majority voting for 30 seats the DP took 20 and the MPP 10; adding in seats from proportional representation, the DP won 26 seats, the MPP 14, Justice 4, and CC-GP 1.
The coalition formed by the Democratic Party DPP) after the 2012 election pressed ahead with reform in Mongolia in 2013, ignoring procedural protestations from the opposition Mongolian People's Party (MPP).
In 2011 those in Mongolia who opposed the decision in 2010 of the majority Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) to revert to its earlier name, the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), moved to reestablish the MPRP.
The last of the new Great Khural members were registered in May 2013; the final seat count was: DP 36, MPP 24, Justice coalition (Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party [MPRP] and National Democratic Party) 11, Civil Courage Green Party 2, and independents 3. Also in 2012 the DP had won the Ulaanbaatar City Council election and other local elections.
Dual membership (adopted constitutionally in 2000) remained a contentious issue, and the opposition Mongolian People's Party (MPP) proposal to ban it from July 1 was rejected.
In January 2012 the Democratic Party DPP) withdrew from the coalition government with the Mongolian People's Party (MPP) to prepare for June elections to the 76-seat Great Khural (national assembly).
However, the MPP members of the Great Khural blamed Altankhuyag for Mongolia's economic difficulties and, with eight Democratic Party (DP) dissenters, voted on November 5 to dismiss him.
