Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008

Cambodian general election, 2008

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All 123 seats to the National Assembly 62 seats needed for a majority
Registered	8,125,529
Turnout	6,010,277 (74.0%) 7.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hun Sen Sam Rainsy Kem Sokha Party CPP SRP HRP Leader since 14 January 1985 June 1995 22 July 2007 Leader's seat Kandal Kampong Cham Kampong Cham Last election 73 seats, 47.3% 24 seats, 21.9% N/A Seats before 73 24 0 Seats won 90 26 3 Seat change 17 2 3 Popular vote 3,492,374 1,316,714 397,816 Percentage 58.1% 21.9% 6.6% Swing 10.8% 6.6%
Prime Minister before election Hun Sen CPP Elected Prime Minister Hun Sen CPP

Hun Sen
CPP

Hun Sen
CPP

General elections were held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008. The result was a victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party, which won 90 of the 123 seats.

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the planned date of the election on 30 May 2007, saying that the date of 27 July 2008 had been decided on because it was a holiday and because it fell exactly five years after the last election. While the ruling Cambodian People's Party was expected to retain its majority, Funcinpec was considered likely to fall behind the two major opposition parties, the Sam Rainsy Party and the Sangkum Jatiniyum Front Party. The newly founded Human Rights Party was also expected to make an impact.

By the deadline of 12 May 2008, only twelve parties had registered for the election, only half of the 23 parties which contested the 2003 elections and a third of the 39 in the 1998 elections. Ten of those parties fielded candidates in all of Cambodia's 24 provinces and municipalities, while the remaining two fielded candidates in only nine and seven provinces, respectively. Ten parties were approved, one was asked to submit more documents and subsequently approved and one was denied registration.

In early July, the Khmer Anti-Poverty Party and the Society of Justice Party decided to form a political alliance, and the Khmer Republican Party also stated it was willing to make alliances.

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