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Mongolia opposition makes gains


Turnout was almost 80%

Mongolia's opposition Democratic Coalition appears to have made strong gains in Sunday's general election.

Early results suggested the democrats and ruling MPRP could end up with more than 30 seats each in the Great Hural, or parliament.

The MPRP held all but four seats in the outgoing parliament, but its failure to tackle rising poverty appears to have lost it support.

The party which wins most seats gets to nominate the country's prime minister.

Early official results gave the MPRP and the democrats 36 seats each.

Election officials were still counting votes in some districts late on Monday, amid complaints of irregularities from both sides.

Final results are expected on Tuesday.

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