Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008

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A parliamentary election is scheduled to be held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008.^[1]

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 will be a holiday and because it will fall exactly five years after the last election.^[1] While the ruling Cambodian People's Party is expected to retain its majority, Funcinpec is likely to fall behind the two major opposition parties, the Sam Rainsy Party and the Sangkum Jatiniyum Front Party.^{[citation needed]}

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 election and a third of the 39 in the 1998 election.^[2] Ten of those parties will field candidates in all of Cambodia's 24 provinces and municipalities, while the remaining two will field candidates in only nine and seven provinces, respectively.^[3] Ten parties were approved, one was asked to submit more documents and subsequently approved^[4] and one was denied registration.^[5]