The Democratic Union Coalition was a coalition of

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. Its primary constituents were the Mongolian National Democratic Party and the

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, and its core policies were the implementation of political and economic reforms in the post-communist period. Its chairman was

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (, ''Cahiagín Elbegdorj'' ; also referred to as Mongolyin Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and Tsakhia Elbegdorj; born 30 March 1963) is a Mongolian politician who served as President of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017. He previously ser ...

in 1996-2000. The coalition later became the foundation of the current

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of Mongolia. In the

1996 Mongolian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Mongolia on 30 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Democratic Union Coalition, which won 50 of the 76 seats in the State Great Khural. Voter turnout was 92.1%. American involvement The National Endowm ...

s, the Democratic Union was victorious, defeating the ex-communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. This was for the first time from 1921 that the People's Revolutionary Party had not been in power. Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, manager of the elections campaign of the Democratic Union, became

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in 1996 and

, leader of the Democratic Union, became

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in 1998. The Democratic Union had effectively split up by the time of the 2000 legislative elections, which the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party won.

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Political party alliances in Mongolia {{Mongolia-party-stub