2022 Kurultai convention

Korla Kurultai
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Muharrem Toglayev, GRI
First Vice-President	Batu Ganbat, DMN
Second Vice-President	Namgyal Dorje, GSG
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Government (34):   DMN: 29 seats   TAN: 5 seats Support (19):   GRI: 9 seats   ZIP: 6 seats   GSG: 4 seats Opposition (13):   MN: 7 seats   KB: 4 seats   CCP: 2 seats Ex-officio (34):   Clans: 33 seats   Bogd Gegeen: 1 seat
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies
Website
korla2022.ml (planned)

In 2022, a Kurultai was convened in the city of Korla to serve as the legislature of the Mongol Uls. 33 representatives of clans were summoned, while 66 members were popularly elected.

Election

Mongolia

The Greater Mongolia Movement increased both its vote share and seat count, winning in a landslide for the second time.

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	±
	Greater Mongolia Movement	6,880,201	70.0	22	+3
	Uniting Mongolia	2,098,550	21.3	6	New
	Central Asian People's Party	807,324	8.2	2	+1
	Others	86,876	0.9	0	0
Total		9,872,951	100%	30	0
Eligible voters and turnout		18,521,872	53.3%

Gurkaniyan

Elections in Gurkaniyan are not considered to be free and fair, as only married Muslim men over the age of 40 ("electors") are fully enfranchised. The votes of a Muslim woman over the age of 40 or a Muslim man under the age of 40 are counted for 1/2 of that of an elector. Non-Muslims, meanwhile, vote in a separate process for the single "minorities" seat, which was won by a member of the Central Asian People's Party contesting as an independent.

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	±
	Gurkani Clerical Association	3,278,553	42.8	9	-2
	Gurkani Islamic Modernist Party	4,383,290	57.2	6	+2
	Designated Minorities	N/A	N/A	1	0
Total		7,661,843†	100%	16	0
Eligible voters and turnout		16,223,908	47.2%

†The total number of votes cast; the adjusted number of votes tallied was 5,228,609.5

Kharkorin City

The seat count results exactly repeated those of the previous election, if Uniting Mongolia is considered the de facto successor of Mongolia Rise.

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	±
	Greater Mongolia Movement	759,821	64.3	5	0
	Uniting Mongolia	202,087	17.1	1	New
	Central Asian People's Party	200,828	17.0	1	0
	Others	19,665	1.7	0	0
Total		1,182,401	100%	7	0
Eligible voters and turnout		1,381,966	85.6%

Uyghur Community

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	±
	Kok Bayraq	2,261,454	73.6	4	+1
	Central Asian People's Party	811,606	26.4	1	-1
	Others	304	0.1	0	0
Total		3,073,364	100%	5	0
Eligible voters and turnout		3,999,312	76.8%

Tibetan Community

4 members from Gangs Seng Ge were elected by acclamation.

Chinese Community

2 members from the Chinese Communist Party were elected by block voting. The election was not considered free and fair.

Mongol Community

2 members from the Greater Mongolia Movement were elected by acclamation.

Events

First Day

Most Kurultai participants arrived in Korla on July 10th or 11th. Members were sworn in by the Bogd Gegeen in an hour-long session from 12:00 to 13:00 on July 11th. After the initial swearing-in, members for the party Uniting Mongolia left, claiming the Kurultai was illegitimate as it was not held in Mongolia.

Second Day

Indian PM Narendra Modi competes in the archery event

On the second day (July 12th), three sporting events were held: Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery. The men's and women's wrestling events were won by the Ulan Bator and Khovd teams, respectively, while Samarqand and Ürümqi won the men's and women's horse racing events, respectively, and Lhasa and Kharkorin won men's and women's archery, respectively. The host team of Korla did not win any events. The sporting events were attended by foreign dignitaries, including India's Narendra Modi and Japan's Fumio Kishida. After the games, the foreign dignitaries met with the Bogd Gegeen.

Third Day

The third day, July 13th, was dedicated to coalition formation. The Greater Mongolia Movement, having won the most seats, negotiated with other parties to win support for a renewal of its incumbent coalition with the Central Asian People's Party. At the end of the day, Muharrem Toglayev of the Gurkani Clerical Association was elected as the President of the Kurultai, with Batu Ganbat of the Greater Mongolia Movement and Namgyal Dorje of the Gangs Seng Ge as his deputies, while a tentative Greater Mongolia Movement-led coalition was announced.

Aftermath

After the traditional 3-day meeting in Korla, Kurultai members returned to Kharkorin. On July 22nd, the incumbent cabinet was given a vote of confidence, and the two-year term of the Kurultai began.