Preliminary investigations indicate that the chairman of the Democratic Party's Sant Soum committee (administrative subdivision) was beaten to death by a man in the central province of Uvurkhangai on Saturday, Xinhua news agency quoted the NPA as saying.
According to the police, the attacker is allegedly an election campaigner of another party.
Mongolia, with a population of 3.5 million, has set June 28 as the date for its next parliamentary elections for the State Great Khural, the country's unicameral parliament.
The Asian country's General Election Commission has registered 1,294 candidates from 19 political parties, two alliances and 42 independents for the parliamentary elections.
According to the election law of the State Great Khural, the election campaign, which is scheduled to begin on June 10, is expected to stop 24 hours before voting.
According to the police, the attacker is allegedly an election campaigner of another party.
Mongolia, with a population of 3.5 million, has set June 28 as the date for its next parliamentary elections for the State Great Khural, the country's unicameral parliament.
The Asian country's General Election Commission has registered 1,294 candidates from 19 political parties, two alliances and 42 independents for the parliamentary elections.
According to the election law of the State Great Khural, the election campaign, which is scheduled to begin on June 10, is expected to stop 24 hours before voting.
