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%.
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
on 26 July 1998. The result was a victory for the Cambodian People's Party
Cambodian People's Party
The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party...
, which won 64 of the 122 seats. Voter turnout was 93.7%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodian People's Party Cambodian People's Party The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party... |
2,030,790 | 41.4 | 64 | |
| Funcinpec Party | 1,554,405 | 31.7 | 43 | |
| Sam Rainsy Party Sam Rainsy Party The Sam Rainsy Party is a personalist and more or less liberal party in Cambodia. The party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats... |
699,665 | 14.3 | 15 | New |
| Democratic Party Democratic Party (Cambodia) The Cambodian Democratic Party was a left-leaning, pro-independence political party formed in 1946 by Prince Sisowath Yuthevong, who had previously been a member of the French Section of the Workers' International.... |
90,000 | 1.8 | 0 | New |
| Cambodian National Sustaining Party Cambodian National Sustaining Party The Cambodian National Sustaining Party was created by its president Pen Sovann in January 1998 21st and held its first party congress.-Political Ideology:This political party’s ideology is a combination of several ideas... |
71,093 | 1.4 | 0 | New |
| Liberal Democratic Party for National Salvation | 46,424 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
| Sonn Sann's Party Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party The Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party was a Cambodian political party founded in 1993 by former Cambodian Prime Minister Son Sann. The BLDP was created as a successor to the Khmer People's National Liberation Front , an anti-communist group also started by Son Sann.-1993 Cambodian election:The... |
45,849 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| 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 Liberal Democratic Party (Cambodia) The Liberal Democratic Party was a Cambodian political party founded in 1992 by former Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces commander Sak Sutsakhan... |
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 | |
| 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 | ||||