Personnel
On April 1, 2006, a party convention elected Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj as Party Leader. Four candidates ran for the elections and in the first round, Elbegdorj won 46%, Erdeniin Bat-Uul won 40% and two other candidates won the rest. Without an absolute majority, a second ballot between the leading candidates resulted in Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj winning with 57.2%.
In the wake of the disputes over alleged rigging of Mongolia's 2008 parliamentary elections and the ensuing violence on July 1, 2008, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj stepped down as party leader on August 28, 2008.
On August 30, 2008, National Consultative Committee of Democratic Party elected Norovyn Altankhuyag as new leader of the Party.
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