Cambodian general election, 1946

1 September 1946

All 67 seats to the National Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

60%

	First party	Second party

Leader	Sisowath Youtevong	Norodom Norindeth
Party	Democratic	Liberal
Seats won	50	14
Seat change	50	14

Elected Prime Minister

Sisowath Youtevong
Democratic

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General elections were held in Cambodia on 1 September 1946.^[1] The Democratic Party won 50 of the 67 seats, with voter turnout estimated to be 60%.^[2]

Results

Party	%	Seats
Democratic Party	73	50
Liberal Party		14
Independents		3
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total	100	67
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p69 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
↑ Nohlen et al., p64

Elections and referendums in Cambodia
General elections	1946 1947 1951 1955 1958 1962 1966 1972 1976 1981 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018
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Presidential elections	1972
Referendums	1945 1955 1958 1959 1960 1961 1972

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