Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar has declared a four-day state of emergency in the capital following violent protests over Sunday's parliamentary elections.
According to the presidential decree, no public gathering will be allowed in Ulan Bator during the emergency period beginning Wednesday after midnight.
Angry protesters on Tuesday clashed with police and set fire to the offices of the ruling party, accusing it of voter fraud. Police responded by firing rubber bullets and tear gas.
The full results of the election have yet to be released, but preliminary results show the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party winning more than 40 of parliament's 76 seats.
The head of the rival Mongolian Democratic Party, which is predicted to have won more than 20 seats, says his party will not accept the results of the race.
Both parties campaigned on a promise to give cash payouts to every Mongolian from big mining projects, including a major copper deposit in the Gobi desert.
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ruled the country for much of the past century as a one-party communist state, but introduced multi-party democracy and market reforms in the 1990s.
Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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