Mongolia to pick new president in runoff for 1st time

Mongolia to pick new president in runoff for 1st time

Sainkhuu Ganbaatar, the presidential candidate of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, speaks to reporters after casting his ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in the capital Ulan Bator on June 26, 2017. The election committee said on June 27 that the country's first-ever runoff to pick a new president will be held on July 9. Khaltmaa Battulga of the major opposition Democratic Party and Miyegombo Enkhbold of the ruling Mongolian People's Party are expected to face off in a second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mongolia to pick new president in runoff for 1st time

Mongolia to pick new president in runoff for 1st time

Sainkhuu Ganbaatar, the presidential candidate of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, leaves a polling station in the capital Ulan Bator on June 26, 2017, after casting his ballot for the presidential election. The election committee said on June 27 that the country's first-ever runoff to pick a new president will be held on July 9. Khaltmaa Battulga of the major opposition Democratic Party and Miyegombo Enkhbold of the ruling Mongolian People's Party are expected to face off in a second round. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mongolia to pick new president in runoff for 1st time

Mongolia to pick new president in runoff for 1st time

Soldiers stand guard at the central office of the Mongolian presidential election committee in Ulan Bator on June 27, 2017. The committee said the same day Mongolia will hold on July 9 its first-ever runoff to pick a new president between Khaltmaa Battulga of the major opposition Democratic Party and either of the other two contenders -- Miyegombo Enkhbold of the ruling Mongolian People's Party and Sainkhuu Ganbaatar of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mongolians go to polls to elect new president

Mongolians go to polls to elect new president

Combined photo taken in Ulan Bator shows the three candidates in the Mongolian presidential election held June 26, 2017. They are (from L) Miyegombo Enkhbold of the ruling Mongolian People's Party, Khaltmaa Battulga of the opposition Democratic Party, and Sainkhuu Ganbaatar of the opposition Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo