Opposition (8) The State Great Khural[b] is the unicameral parliament of Mongolia,[1] located in the Government Palace.
Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren became the chairman of the State Great Khural in February 1914, and served until his death in April 1919.
With mandate of no less than 57 of total members of the State Great Khural, the parliament shall be considered in existence of its powers.
The State Great Kural's principal legislative functions include preparing and carrying-out plenary sessions or standing-committee sittings, discussing drafts of laws or other decisions of the State Great Khural, and adopting, passing and resolving processes.
On May 31, 2023, Mongolia's parliament approved a constitutional amendment that increased the number of seats from 76 to 126.
The method of election was also changed to parallel voting[4] with 78 seats elected by multiple non-transferable vote in 13 multi-member constituencies and 48 by closed list proportional representation at the national level with an electoral threshold of 4% for individual parties, 5% for a two-party coalition and 7% for coalitions of three or more parties.
According to the Article 27 of the Constitution, regular sessions of the State Great Khural convene in every six months for not less than 50 working days.
The four types of sessions are: The State Great Khural shall have standing committees dealing with specific fields of public policy.
The Standing committees are composed of 10-19 members and shall be convened on Tuesday and Wednesday each week.
The State Great Khural shall set up temporary committees for reviewing specific issues, making proposals and submitting reports to the plenary sessions.
The decision to establish a caucus, along with its membership roster, must be submitted within 24 hours of the Chairman's election.
The Chairman will then announce these decisions at the plenary session of the State Great Hural.
The party caucuses or standing committees shall make draft legislation and decide whether to submit it for discussion at the plenary sessions of the State Great Khural.
The standing committee shall prepare a legislation draft for the first discussion and shall submit its proposal and conclusion to the State Great Khural.
After the voting at the plenary session, drafts shall be sent back to the standing committees for the preparation of the final discussion.
The draft shall be discussed, voted and fully adopted by the State Great Hural.
The standing committees shall prepare the final versions of the legislation drafts and other resolutions of the State Great Khural.
The standing committees shall make the introduction of the final versions of the legislation and other resolutions to the State Great Khural.
After the introduction of the final versions of the legislations and other resolutions at the State Great Khural, the Chairman of the State Great Hural shall sign the final versions within three working days.
The signed legislations and other resolutions of the State Great shall be submitted to the President of Mongolia within 24 hours.
If the president vetoes the legislations, the issue shall be discussed again at the State Great Khural.
Preliminary results showed the ruling Mongolia People's Party had won a narrow and reduced majority[8] in the Khural, which allowed Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene to publicly claim victory.