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Featured article
SANT MARAL FOUNDATION RELEASES
POLITBAROMETER
The Sant Maral Foundation which has been tracking
transition in Mongolia for the past 13 years, presented the results of its newly
designed political survey. The
table below shows the results of one of 50 questions from the survey.
A representative sample of 1200 respondents from Ulan Bator,
Zavhan, Huvsgul, Suhbaatar and Dundgobi aimags, was collected from May 2 to May
12, 2008. The survey questions
reflect changes at the end of the time of
transition.
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2.
“If Parliament Elections were held tomorrow, which party would you vote
for?”
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Nationwide
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Countryside
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Ulan
Bator
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%
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Valid %
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MPRP
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30.5
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17.8
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25.5
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38.9
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Democratic Party
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27.2
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21.2
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24.8
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37.8
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Civil Will Party
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1.7
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4.8
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2.9
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4.5
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People’s ’Party
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-
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.5
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.2
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.3
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Civil Coalition
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.8
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4.7
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2.4
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3.6
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Third Power Coalition
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2.3
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3.8
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2.9
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4.4
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Other party
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Independent
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4.0
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11.2
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6.9
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10.5
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(No answer)
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13.2
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18.0
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15.1
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(Don’t know)
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20.3
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18.0
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19.4
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See BCM website:
Articles/Reports on Mongolia, for complete
survey.
Sources: BCM
website, Articles/Reports on Mongolia, Sant Maral Foundation
For more business news and membership information on BCM, visit http://bcmmongolia.org/.
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