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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — Thousands of Mongolians, from nomadic herders to businessmen, jammed into Ulan Bator’s public square Monday to welcome their newly elected president shortly after the Harvard-educated opposition candidate was declared the winner in a close election.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, twice a former prime minister, told them that the election results were as much a victory for the rights and freedoms of Mongolia as they were for him and the Democratic Party. “It is a win for the entire country,” he said.
Violence left five people dead in the capital last year after disputed results in parliamentary polls.
