In this file photo dated Oct 15, 2020, a voter leaves on a horse after voting for the citizen's representative election, held across all 21 provinces to select city and district council representatives, at a polling site in Erdene Sum, Tov province in Mongolia. (BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP)

ULAN BATOR - Mongolia's General Election Commission Monday gave candidacy cards to three candidates in the upcoming presidential election, allowing them to start campaigning before the vote on June 9.

The three candidates are Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, chairman of the ruling Mongolian People's Party; Sodnomzundui Erdene, former chairman of the opposition Democratic Party; and Dangaasuren Enkhbat, a former legislator.

Enkhbat is the candidate from the Right Person Electorate Coalition, which won one seat in the regular parliamentary elections held in June 2020.

Political parties or coalitions that have at least one seat in parliament are eligible to nominate their candidates for the presidential election.

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