Party leaders deny it and say the Democrats were just as bad.
"This was quite a dirty campaign, with lots of rumors," Enkhbayar said with a sigh.
The prime minister, 42, is part of a newer generation of leaders who give the ruling party a younger, technocratic face. Built like a wrestler, he made his name as a literature scholar, translating Joyce and Dickens into Mongolian. He studied in Moscow and at Leeds University in Britain.
Others in the ruling party still yearn for the days of ambitious government development programs, helped by lavish Soviet aid.
"It would be better if socialism had lasted 10 more years, until 2000," said Sangaa Bayar, the president's chief of staff.
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