1958 Cambodian general election

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1958 Cambodian general election
Flag of Cambodia.svg
  1955 23 March 1958 1962  

All 61 seats in the National Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Sihanouk 1959.jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Norodom Sihanouk Keo Meas
Party Sangkum Pracheachon
Seats before910
Seats won610
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 30
Popular vote1,646,488409
Percentage99.9%0.1
SwingIncrease2.svg 17.2%Decrease2.svg 3.8%

General elections were held in Cambodia on 23 March 1958. [1] The Sangkum party received all but 409 of the 1.6 million votes, [2] winning all 61 seats in the National Assembly.

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Results

Cambodian National Assembly 1958.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sangkum 1,646,48899.9861–30
Pracheachon 4090.0200
Total1,646,897100.0061–30
Source: Nohlen et al.

By district

Most districts only had one Sangkum candidate, but one Phnom Penh district was contested by a Pracheachon candidate. [3]

CandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Nhieim Sokphai Sangkum 13,54297.2Elected
Keo Meas Pracheachon 3962.8
Total13,938100
Source: Corfield

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p63 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p69
  3. Corfield, Justin (31 December 1994). Khmers Stand Up!. Monash Asia Institute. p. 28. ISBN   0732605652.