Mongolia's ruling MPRP wins majority: spokesman

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - The ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) has won parliamentary elections by a landslide, preliminary results showed on Thursday, after contested election results sparked violence killing five people.

The MPRP took 47 seats out of 76 in the Great Hural, a decisive victory in Sunday's vote, an election committee spokesman told Reuters.

The result, if confirmed and acknowledged by the opposition, raises the possibility of a stable governance following years of coalition rule in the vast Central Asian state.

(Reporting by Irja Halasz; Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by Benjamin Kang Lim)

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