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Cambodia is a one-party dominant state with the Cambodian People's Party in power. Cambodia's legislature is chosen through a national election. The general election is held every five years in the fourth Sunday of July. The Parliament of Cambodia has two chambers. The National Assembly (រដ្ឋសភា Rôdthâsâphéa) has 125 members, each elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. The Senate (ព្រឹទ្ធសភា Prœ̆tthôsâphéa) has 62 members, mostly indirectly elected.

Since the signing of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords ending decades of civil wars and foreign occupation, and with the final elimination in 1998 of armed insurgency groups inside the country, six national elections have taken place in Cambodia. The first national elections were administered by United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia (UNTAC) in July 1993, the first commune-level election was held in February 2002 and the Cambodian senate was elected for the first time by the elected commune council officials in January 2006.

Three main political parties have dominated Cambodian politics over the last decade: the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), the United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) and, more recently, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP; party banned in 2017). Although the CPP dominated the elections held on July 27, 2003, it did not win the two-thirds majority required under the constitution to form a government on its own. A new government was formed on July 15, 2004, after protracted negotiations between the CPP and FUNCINPEC on forming a coalition government.[1]

In early 2006 the CPP further consolidated its hold on power by passing an amendment to the constitution through Parliament that will allow for a 50% plus one majority in the National Assembly to form a government (instead of the two-thirds majority), thereby reducing its future reliance on FUNCINPEC or another coalition partner.

## Latest election

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Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Cambodian People's Party| 6,398,311| 82.30| 120
| FUNCINPEC| 716,490| 9.22| 5
| Khmer National United Party| 134,285| 1.73| 0
| Cambodian Youth Party| 97,412| 1.25| 0
| Dharmacracy Party| 84,030| 1.08| 0
| Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Democracy Party| 52,817| 0.68| 0
| Khmer Anti-Poverty Party| 40,096| 0.52| 0
| Khmer United Party| 36,526| 0.47| 0
| Grassroots Democratic Party (Cambodia)| 35,416| 0.46| 0
| Khmer Economic Development Party| 26,093| 0.34| 0
| Ekpheap Cheat Khmer Party| 25,261| 0.32| 0
| Cambodian Nationality Party| 23,197| 0.30| 0
| Women for Women Party| 22,843| 0.29| 0
| Khmer Conservative Party| 20,968| 0.27| 0
| Beehive Social Democratic Party| 20,210| 0.26| 0
| People Purpose Party| 13,831| 0.18| 0
| Democracy Power Party| 13,704| 0.18| 0
| Farmer's Party| 12,786| 0.16| 0
Total| 7,774,276| 100.00| 125

## Result in history

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### 1955 Cambodian general election

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Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Sangkum| 630,085| 82.72| 91
| Democratic Party (Cambodia)| 93,921| 12.33| 0
| Pracheachon| 29,505| 3.87| 0
| Liberal Party (Cambodia)| 5,488| 0.72| 0
| Nationalist Party| 1,140| 0.15| 0
| Khmer Ekreach| 770| 0.10| 0
| Khmer Labour Party| 289| 0.04| 0
| Independents| 546| 0.07| 0
Total| 761,744| 100.00| 91

### 1972 Cambodian general election

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Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Social Republican Party| 1,304,207| 99.02| 126
| Pracheachon| 12,854| 0.98| 0
Total| 1,317,061| 100.00| 126

### 1976 Cambodian general election

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Party| Votes| %| Seats
| National United Front of Kampuchea| 3,462,868| 100.00| 250
Total| 3,462,868| 100.00| 250

### 1981 Cambodian general election

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Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party| 3,280,565| 100.00| 117
Total| 3,280,565| 100.00| 117

### 1993 Cambodian general election

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Party| Votes| %| Seats
| FUNCINPEC| 1,824,188| 45.47| 58
| Cambodian People's Party| 1,533,471| 38.23| 51
| Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party| 152,764| 3.81| 10
| Liberal Democratic Party (Cambodia)| 62,698| 1.56| 0
| MOULINAKA| 55,107| 1.37| 1
| Khmer Neutral Party| 48,113| 1.20| 0
| Democratic Party| 41,799| 1.04| 0
| Free Independent Democracy Party| 37,474| 0.93| 0
| Free Republican Party| 31,348| 0.78| 0
| Liberal Reconciliation Party| 29,738| 0.74| 0
| Cambodge Renaissance Party| 28,071| 0.70| 0
| Republican Coalition Party| 27,680| 0.69| 0
| Khmer National Congress Party| 25,751| 0.64| 0
| Neutral Democratic Party of Cambodia| 24,394| 0.61| 0
| Khmer Farmer Liberal Democracy| 20,776| 0.52| 0
| Free Development Republican Party| 20,425| 0.51| 0
| Rally for National Solidarity| 14,569| 0.36| 0
| Action for Democracy and Development| 13,914| 0.35| 0
| Republican Democracy Khmer Party| 11,524| 0.29| 0
| Nationalist Khmer Party| 7,827| 0.20| 0
Total| 4,011,631| 100.00| 120

## Elections (since 1993)

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### General election

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* 2023
* 2018
* 2013
* 2008
* 2003
* 1998
* 1993

### Communal elections

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* 2022
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* 2012
* 2007
* 2002

### Senate election

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* 2012
* 2006

## See also

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* List of political parties in Cambodia
* Electoral calendar
* Electoral system

## References

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1. ^ Country Assessment Strategy (CAS) for the Kingdom of Cambodia, World Bank, April 18, 2005.

## External links

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* National Election Committee (NEC) Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
* Adam Carr's Election Archive
* Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) - Development policy research institute
* Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) - NGO
* Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (COFFEL) - NGO

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