Voting is underway in an election in Mongolia for an expanded 126-seat parliament
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Children wearing hats with cartoon faces wait in a car outside a polling station in a ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, center, is surrounded by journalists after he cast his vote at a polling station in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai walks past journalists as he arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, second from right, dressed in Mongolian traditional garment called deel, reacts as a woman takes a selfie with her child as they wait in line outside a polling station in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Mongolians prepare their votes at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A voter examines her vote at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A Mongolian man feeds his vote into a counting machine at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. wld(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)An electoral worker marks the finger of a voter after she casts her votes at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)An elderly Mongolian woman prepares to feed her vote into counting machines at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai applauds after speaking at a press conference on the results of the parliamentary elections held at the Mongolian People's Party headquarters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. Preliminary results reported by Mongolia's ruling party show that the party has won a parliamentary election but by only a slim majority. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)An election worker holds up a ballot as manual counting begins after polls close for parliamentary elections in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. Preliminary results were expected by early Saturday morning after voting ended at 10 p.m. Friday across the vast but sparsely populated country squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Journalists monitor election results on a large screen at the General Election Commission after polls closed in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Election workers and monitors start manual vote counting after polls close for parliamentary elections in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. Preliminary results were expected by early Saturday morning after voting ended at 10 p.m. Friday across the vast but sparsely populated country squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Election workers holds up ballots as manual counting begins after polls close for parliamentary elections in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. Preliminary results were expected by early Saturday morning after voting ended at 10 p.m. Friday across the vast but sparsely populated country squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Gantumur Luvsannyam, leader of the Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference on the results of the parliamentary elections held at the Democratic Party headquarters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. The ruling Mongolian People's Party is retaining a slim majority in the country's parliament with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Gantumur Luvsannyam, leader of the Democratic Party, arrives to speak at a press conference on the results of the parliamentary elections held at the Democratic Party headquarters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. The ruling Mongolian People's Party is retaining a slim majority in the country's parliament with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Gantumur Luvsannyam, leader of the Democratic Party, arrives to speak at a press conference on the results of the parliamentary elections held at the Democratic Party headquarters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. The ruling Mongolian People's Party is retaining a slim majority in the country's parliament with the opposition Democratic Party making major gains. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)An election worker holds up a ballot as manual counting begins after polls close for parliamentary elections in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in the early hours of Saturday, June 29, 2024. Preliminary results were expected by early Saturday morning after voting ended at 10 p.m. Friday across the vast but sparsely populated country squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)An elderly Mongolian woman arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Children wearing hats with cartoon faces wait in a car outside a polling station in a ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)