Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly
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The Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly was the official name of the unicameral legislature
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

 of Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 during the Democratic Kampuchea
Democratic Kampuchea
The Khmer Rouge period refers to the rule of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Khieu Samphan and the Khmer Rouge Communist party over Cambodia, which the Khmer Rouge renamed as Democratic Kampuchea....

 period. It was established as the official legislature of Kampuchea on January 5, 1976, consisting of 250 members.

Of the seats, 150 was, due to the constitution, be reserved for representatives of the peasants, 50 for the "laborers and other working people" and 50 for the Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
The Kampuchean Revolutionary Army was the official name of the armed forces of Democratic Kampuchea during Pol Pot's regime, mainly consisting of Khmer Rouge operatives. It was effectively abolished after the unsuccessful Cambodian-Vietnamese war....

. All representatives was to be elected simultaneously by secret ballot
Secret ballot
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 for five year terms, with the first and only elections taking place on March 20, 1976.

The assembly held its first and only plenary session on April 11 to 13, appointing the State Presidium, consisting of a president, a first vice president, and a second vice president, as well elected the "administration", the official government of Democratic Kampuchea, and the Standing Committee, due to represent the assembly when not gathered. The members of the KPRA were never elected; the Central Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea
Communist Party of Kampuchea
The Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as Khmer Communist Party , was a communist party in Cambodia. Its followers were generally known as Khmer Rouge .-Foundation of the party; first divisions:...

 (CPK) appointed the chairman and other high officials both to it and to the State Praesidium. Plans for elections of members were discussed, but the 250 members of the KPRA were in fact appointed by the upper echelon of CPK.

The assembly was effectively abolished when the Vietnamese captured Pnom Penh on January 7, 1979, establishing the People's Republic of Kampuchea
People's Republic of Kampuchea
The People's Republic of Kampuchea , , was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian leftists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge, after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government...

.

Results

Summary of the March 20, 1976 Kampuchean election results
Cambodian parliamentary election, 1976
General elections were held in Cambodia on 20 march 1976, following the Khmer Rouge's victory over the Lon Nol government in April 1975. A total of 515 candidates for the 250 seats were put forward by the Communist-dominated National United Front of Cambodia, 150 of whom were to be elected from...


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|align=left|Groups represented in the Assembly
  • Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
    Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
    The Kampuchean Revolutionary Army was the official name of the armed forces of Democratic Kampuchea during Pol Pot's regime, mainly consisting of Khmer Rouge operatives. It was effectively abolished after the unsuccessful Cambodian-Vietnamese war....

  • Labourers and "other working people"
  • Peasant
    Peasant
    A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...

    s

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50
150
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Presidents of the Standing Committee of the Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly:
  • Nuon Chea
    Nuon Chea
    Nuon Chea , also known as Long Bunruot , is a Cambodian former communist politician and former chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" second in command to Pol Pot who was leader during the Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979...

    , April 13, 1976-January 7, 1979
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