Cambodian parliamentary election, 1998

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General elections were held in Cambodia on 26 July 1998. The result was a victory for the Cambodian People's Party, which won 64 of the 122 seats. Voter turnout was 93.7%.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Cambodian People's Party 2,030,790 41.4 64 +13
Funcinpec Party 1,554,405 31.7 43 -15
Sam Rainsy Party 699,665 14.3 15 New
Democratic Party 90,000 1.8 0 New
Cambodian National Sustaining Party 71,093 1.4 0 New
Liberal Democratic Party for National Salvation 46,424 0.9 0 New
Sonn Sann's Party 45,849 0.9 0 -10
Nationalist Party 37,308 0.8 0 New
Buddhist Liberal Party 32,959 0.7 0 New
Khmer Angkor Party 26,482 0.5 0 New
Cambodian Citizens' Party 23,713 0.5 0 New
Cambodian Unity Party 19,232 0.4 0 New
Republican Coalition Party 14,869 0.3 0 0
Liberal Democratic Party 14,088 0.3 0 0
Free Development Republican Party 13,780 0.3 0 0
Rally for National Solidarity 13,038 0.3 0 0
National Unification Party 11,089 0.2 0 New
National Restoration Party 10,451 0.2 0 New
Light of Freedom Party 10,027 0.2 0 New
Molinaka and Naktaorsou Khmer for Freedom 8,395 0.2 0 -1
Cambodian Free Independent Democracy Party 3,938 0.1 0 0
Neutral Democratic Party of Cambodia 3,869 0.1 0 0
Free Republican Party 1,654 0.0 0 0
Twelve other parties 119,372 2.4 0 -
Invalid/blank votes 155,189 - - -
Total 5,057,679 100 122 +2
Source: Nohlen et al

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p70 ISBN 0199249598