According to Article 5 of the Law on Mongolian Presidential Election, political parties with representation in the State Great Khural can nominate one candidate for the election.[2] As of March 2026, there are 4 political parties and 1 electoral alliance in the 9th State Great Khural eligible for presidential nomination: the ruling Mongolian People's Party, the Democratic Party, the HUN Party, the Civil Will–Green Party, and the National Coalition.
Media reports have speculated that the following individuals may run for president as candidate of the Mongolian People’s Party:[6]
Luvsannyamyn Gantömör has served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2024 to 2025. He was a member of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2016, and was re-elected in 2024. Gantömör served as chairperson of the Democratic Party from 2023 to 2025. [7] In an interview published in Ödriin Sonin on February 25, 2026, he stated that he would run in the party primary.[8]
Norovyn Altankhuyag has served as Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2012 to 2014 and as First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2008 to 2012. He has previously been elected to the State Great Khural four times and was elected again in 2024, and is currently serving. He was chairperson of the Democratic Party from 2008 to 2014.[9] On February 26, 2026, he announced that he would run in the Democratic Party primary for the 2027 presidential election.[10]
Media reports have speculated that the following individuals may run for president as candidate of the Democratic Party:[6]
- Sangajaviin Bayartsogt, former Minister of Finance (2008–2012), Chief Cabinet Secretary (2014–2016).
- Bökhchuluuny Pürevdorj, Deputy Chairman of the State Great Khural since 2024, member of the State Great Khural (2016–present).
- Khishigdembereliin Temüüjin, member of the State Great Khural (2008–2016, 2024–present), former Minister of Justice (2012-2014).
- Sainkhüügiin Ganbaatar, member of the State Great Khural (2012–2016, 2020–present), presidential nominee for the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in the 2017 presidential election.
During the Lkhagvyn TOIM talk show, party chairman Togmidyn Dorjkhand announced that the party would organize a public vote campaign to select its candidate, similar to the process used by the Right Person Electorate Coalition chose its candidate for the 2021 Mongolian presidential election.[11]
Batyn Batbaatar has served as a member of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2008, and was re-elected in 2024. He was appointed as Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the Zandanshatar cabinet in 2025.[12] On March 09, 2026, at the party's 26th anniversary conference, he stated that he is ready to stand as a candidate in the 2027 presidential election. But some of the party members organized an extraordinary party congress on the same day and announced his expulsion from party membership.[13]
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