Mongolia polling stations close after high turnout
France24 reports that,
Polling stations closed Sunday across Mongolia, where high voter turnout capped a gruelling campaign between the two major parties, the Democrats and the ruling MPRP.
For weeks the rivals had engaged in a nasty exchange of mudslinging advertising and allegations of vote buying, but in the end the General Election Committee reported no major irregularities.
High voter turnout was reported across the country, with more than 80 percent in some areas. Vote counting began soon after the polls closed at 10pm local time, but results are not expected until Monday morning at the earliest. A new multi-mandate system of voting means counting could take longer than usual. Each ballot could have three names circled and candidates need to pass a 25% threshold to claim victory.
The Sant Maral Foundation, a non-profit which monitors voting trends, predicts the difficulty in ballot counting could hold up final results for several days.
http://www.france24.com/en/20080629-mongolia-polling-stations-close-after-high-turnout
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