secret ballot

Previously, only the parliamentary party could vote by secret ballot in selecting a candidate and ordinary members did not have a say.

Under the proposal, members of Congress would have to give their approval - in a secret ballot - before a lawmaker could be charged or arrested.

Under the old rules, farmworkers voted on union representation by secret ballot at a polling site designated by the state labor board, typically on employer property.

Some 82 lawmakers took part in the secret ballot, 44 of whom voted for Oyun-Erdene, while 38 voted against him.

During an interview with BBC Scotland News he showed off the neat brown rectangular voting paper to be used in the secret ballot.