Mongolia has had a comparatively successful transition to parliamentary democracy. Successive Governments have been chosen through elections that reflect the will of the people, and the transition from one government to the next has taken place in a largely positive and cooperative atmosphere.

Mongolia has also begun to break out of the political and economic isolation that characterized its modern history from the 1920s to the 1990s, this is largely caused by a new, young generation of Mongolians, which has tasted the rewards of democracy and the opportunity presented by a market economy, and are moving into positions of influence and power within the Mongolian economy.  Their outlook on the world and Mongolia's place in it is markedly different than that of their parents and grandparents.  

The Democratic Party (Ardchilsan Nam) is a political party in Mongolia. At the last legislative elections, 27 June and 17 July 2004, the party was a constituent part of the Motherland Democracy alliance (Ech Oron-Ardchilan) that won 44.7 % of the popular vote and 34 out of 76 seats. Its leader Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj became the prime minister. In the presidential elections of 20 may 2005, its candidate Mendsayhany Enkhsaikhan won only 19.7 %.

On April 1, 2006, Democratic Party members who participated in the party convention elected Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj as a leader/chairman of Democratic Party. Four candidates ran for the elections and in the first round, Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj won 46%, Erdeniin Bat-Uul won 40% and two other candidates won the rest. Since none of the four candidates won more than 50%, there was the second round of the elections according to the party rule, and the highest scored candidates who are coincidentally two of the thirteen Mongolian democracy fathers Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj and Erdeniin Bat-Uul ran and Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj won with 57.2% vote according to Mongolia Web.

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The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (Mongolian: Mongol Ardyn Huv'sgalt Nam, Монгол Ардын Хувьсгалт Нам) is an ex-communist political party in Mongolia. The party is abbreviated MPRP in English and МАХН (MAHN) in (transliterated) Mongolian. The abbrevation МАХН resembles "мах", the Mongolian word for "meat", the staple of the Mongolian diet. Because of this the MPRP is often referred to as the "meat" party.

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