Mongolia Presidential Election 2027: Who Will Lead as Political Maneuvering Begins Early

Mongolia’s 2027 presidential election is formally more than a year away. Official nominations will not open until spring 2027. Yet elite maneuvering is already underway, exposing fractures inside the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and intensifying legal pressure on the opposition.

Voters cast their ballots in Mongolia.

President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, who is ranked no.1 politician in the latest survey, is barred from a second term. His departure has reopened a familiar fault line: a prime minister with shrinking authority, a party chairman consolidating power, and institutions increasingly pulled into electoral positioning.

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