People vote in country's presidential elections at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia June 26, 2017. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Mongolians cast their votes on Monday in a presidential election seen as a referendum on the government's economic recovery plans and China's role in the country, but some disgruntled voters left their ballot papers blank in protest.
The election has been run amid corruption allegations against all three candidates vying for the presidency of Mongolia, a remote, resource-rich land known as the birthplace of Mongol emperor Genghis Khan.
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