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58 of the 62 seats in the Senate 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 11,730 (99.86%) | |||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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Senate elections were held in Cambodia on 25 February 2024. [1] [2] These were the fifth Senate elections in the country's history.
After resigning as prime minister in 2023, Hun Sen stated his intention to continue his political career as the President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), a member of the National Assembly, and the President of the Supreme Privy Council. After the Senate election on 25 February 2024, he announced his intention to also become President of the Senate. [3] In recent years, major opposition parties to Hun Sen's regime have been prevented from contesting elections due to controversial court rulings. [4] In the previous Senate elections in 2018, the CPP won all contested seats in the chamber after the dissolution of its main rival, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was believed to have been engineered by the government. [5]
On 5 September 2023, the Candlelight Party (CLP) was advised by the National Election Committee (NEC) to make every effort to locate the original registration document issued by the Ministry of Interior or obtain a new one in order to be eligible to vote in the Senate election. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea suggested that CLP leaders should try to locate the missing original paperwork or appeal to the Ministry of Interior to follow the legal process in order to obtain a new original document to register the candidates and parties at the NEC. According to CLP spokesman Kimsour Phirith, party officials wrote to Interior Minister Sar Sokha to address the issue with the party's registration documentation. According to him, the party is still exerting significant effort to request that the Ministry of Interior streamline the procedure and make it simpler for political parties to register. [6]
The Senate of Cambodia is elected every 6 years by an indirect party-list proportional representation through 8 multi-member constituencies (regions), with the Communal Chiefs, Communal Councilors, and members of the National Assembly. [7]
Regions | Seats |
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Region 1 | 6 |
Region 2 | 8 |
Region 3 | 5 |
Region 4 | 10 |
Region 5 | 7 |
Region 6 | 7 |
Region 7 | 9 |
Region 8 | 6 |
Regions | Provinces |
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Region 1 | Phnom Penh |
Region 2 | Kampong Cham, Tboung Khmum |
Region 3 | Kandal |
Region 4 | Banteay Meachey, Battambang, Siem Reap, Pailin, Oddar Meanchey |
Region 5 | Kampot, Kep, Takeo |
Region 6 | Prey Veng, Svay Rieng |
Region 7 | Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong, Pursat |
Region 8 | Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Kratie, Strung Treng, Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri |
MP | First elected | Party | Date announced | |
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Say Chhum | 2012 | CPP | 26 July 2023 [8] | |
Sim Ka | 2018 | CPP | 28 November 2023 [9] | |
Tep Ngorn | 2012 | CPP | 28 November 2023 [9] | |
Lau Meng Khin | 2012 | CPP | 28 November 2023 [9] |
Ballot Number | Party | Party Leader | Constituencies Contested | Seats Contested | Ref. | |
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1 | Cambodian People's Party | Hun Sen | 8 | 58 | [10] | |
2 | Khmer Will Party | Kong Molika | 8 | 58 | [11] | |
3 | FUNCINPEC | Norodom Chakravuth | 8 | 58 | [12] | |
4 | Nation Power Party | Sun Chanthy | 8 | 58 | [13] |
The Candlelight party alleged that its local councilors were targeted by attempts at intimidation and vote-buying. It added that provincial authorities aligned to the CPP were visiting Candlelight councilors asking them to stay away from polling stations or bribe them to vote for the CPP. The latter denied the claims, describing them as a "distortion of the facts." [14]
Preliminary results released by the NEC showed that the CPP had won 55 of the 58 contested seats in the Senate, with the remaining four seats being filled by appointees of King Norodom Sihamoni and the National Assembly. The other three contested seats were won by the Khmer Will Party, a coalition of parties opposed to Hun Sen and a proxy of the Candlelight Party. [14] [4] It also showed that the opposition had lost ground in Phnom Penh to the CPP by nearly half of its votes and by 30 percent in the surrounding Kandal Province. [14]
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Cambodian People's Party | 10,052 | 85.92 | 55 | -3 | |
Khmer Will Party | 1,394 | 11.92 | 3 | New | |
Nation Power Party | 234 | 2.00 | 0 | New | |
FUNCINPEC | 19 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
Members appointed by National Assembly | 2 | 0 | |||
Members appointed by Monarch [15] | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 11,699 | 100.00 | 62 | – | |
Valid votes | 11,699 | 99.74 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 31 | 0.26 | |||
Total votes | 11,730 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 11,747 | 99.86 | |||
Source: KT, NEC, KT, VP |
Regions | CPP | KWP | FUNCINPEC | NPP | Blank/invalid | Total | ||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Region 1 | 817 | 90.18% | 6 | 88 | 9.71% | 0 | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 7 | |
Region 2 | 1121 | 82.12% | 7 | 239 | 17.51% | 1 | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 4 | 0.29% | 0 | ||
Region 3 | 779 | 84.22% | 5 | 130 | 14.05% | 0 | 4 | 0.43% | 0 | 12 | 1.30% | 0 | ||
Region 4 | 1191 | 77.95% | 9 | 218 | 14.27% | 1 | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 118 | 7.72% | 0 | ||
Region 5 | 1187 | 88.78% | 7 | 148 | 11.07% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 2 | 0.15% | 0 | ||
Region 6 | 1161 | 82.28% | 6 | 245 | 17.36% | 1 | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 4 | 0.28% | 0 | ||
Region 7 | 1575 | 90.47% | 9 | 151 | 8.67% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 15 | 0.86% | 0 | ||
Region 8 | 1501 | 84.99% | 6 | 175 | 9.91% | 0 | 11 | 0.62% | 0 | 79 | 4.47% | 0 | ||
Total | 10,117 | 86.99% | 55 | 1,394 | 11.01% | 3 | 19 | 0.15% | 0 | 234 | 1.85% | 0 | 7 | 11,730 |
Source: National Election Committee |
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CPP spokesperson Sok Eysan said that the election results were better than expected for the party and said that it was likely that Hun Sen would become the new Senate president once the official results are released by the NEC in April. [4] Hun Sen was officially sworn in as Senate President following a unanimous vote by the chamber on 3 April. [16]
Exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that the minor opposition gains in the election were encouraging signs for democracy and a victory despite challenges such as fear, threats and vote-buying. [4]
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