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National Assembly

Political system: Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s): 29 Jul 2018
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: No information available
Timing of election: Upon normal expiry
Number of seats at stake: 125
Scope of elections: Full renewal

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election: 20
The number of candidates is not available from authoritative sources.: Yes
The number of women candidates is not available from authoritative sources.: Yes

Voter turnout

Registered voters: 8,380,217
Voters: 6,956,900
Voter turnout: 83.0%

Results

About the election: Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won all the seats in the 125-member National Assembly (see note) in the absence of participation by viable opposition parties, following a ban of the only significant opposition party. According to the National Election Committee, voter turnout was 83 per cent – a figure contested by the opposition.

The 2018 elections followed intensifying tensions between the government and the major opposition party – the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) – which had won 55 seats in the 2013 elections. The Government and the CNRP then signed an agreement and CNRP members, including the then CNRP leader, Mr. Sam Rainsy, were sworn into the National Assembly in July 2014.

However, the rivalry revived as the National Assembly suddenly stripped Mr. Rainsy of his parliamentary mandate (following a court order for his arrest on a 2008 defamation conviction). In July 2017, the National Assembly approved additional amendments to the Law on Political Parties, which further restricted freedom of association and expression. The law effectively required the CNRP to sever all ties with its former leader, ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for July 2018. In November 2017, the Supreme Court dissolved the CNRP. It also banned 118 CNRP leaders (including all 55 CNRP members of the National Assembly) from political life for five years with no possibility of appeal. Their parliamentary mandates were immediately revoked and their seats reallocated to non-elected political parties allegedly aligned with the ruling party. The Supreme Court decision was based on charges of conspiracy with a foreign country to overthrow the legitimate government brought against the president of the CNRP, Mr. Kem Sokha. Most of the former CNRP MPs have gone into exile. Mr. Sokha has remained in jail since September 2017. He has denied the charges.

Mr. Rainsy (in exile since 2015) called for a boycott of the 2018 elections. CNRP vice president, Ms. Mu Sochua (who also lives in exile), called the new members of parliament illegitimate.

Note:

The statutory number of National Assembly members has increased from 123 to 125 due to an increase in the number of seats allocated to Preah Sihanouk province.
Number of parties winning seats: 1
Percentage of parties winning seats: 5.0%
Percentage of seats won by largest party or coalition: 100.0%
Alternation of power after elections: No
Number of parties in government: 1
Names of parties in government: Cambodian People's Party (CPP)

Parties or coalitions winning seats

Parties or coalitions winning seats
Political group	Total
Cambodian People's Party (CPP)	125

Members elected, by sex

Number of men elected: 106
Number of women elected: 19
Percentage of women elected: 15.2%
Women Directly Elected: 19
Sources: National Assembly (06.09.2018)

Agence Kampuchea Press

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New legislature

Total number of men after the election: 106
Total number of women after the election: 19
Percentage of women after the election: 15.2%
First-term parliamentarians: No information available
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians: No information available
Date of the first session: 05 Sep 2018

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature: Heng Samrin (Male)
Date of birth: 1934
Political party: Cambodian People's Party (CPP)
Date of election: 05 Sep 2018