The CPP

Elections in Cambodia are held to provide information on the results of elections and elections in Cambodia. An election is a process that takes a vote to elect the candidate. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices popular in Congress, and sometimes the executive and judicial, in which voters elect local government officials.

In Cambodia person are elected to the national level. The Parliament has two chambers. The Cambodian National Assembly has 123 members, elected for a term of five years by proportional representation. The Senate has 61 members appointed by the King on the party in the National Assembly. Cambodia is a State party to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party to power.

Since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 to end decades of civil war and foreign occupation, and final disposal in 1998 of armed insurgent groups within the country, three national elections held in Cambodia in 1993, 1998 and 2003. The first national elections were administered by the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) in July 1993, the first municipal elections in February 2002 and the Senate of Cambodia was first elected by the elected Council January 2006.

The three main political parties have dominated Cambodian politics over the past ten years: the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia (Funcinpec) and, more recently, Sam Rainsy. Although the CPP dominated the elections of July 27, 2003, which has won two-thirds majority required by the Constitution to form a government alone. The new government was formed in July 15, 2004, after lengthy negotiations between the CPP and Funcinpec is forming a coalition government.

In early 2006, the CPP has further strengthened their grip on power thanks to the successful modification of the House Constitution, which allows 50% more than a majority in the National Assembly to form a government (as opposed to two-thirds majority) , which will reduce its dependence on the future Funcinpec and another partner in the coalition.

By the deadline of May 12, 2008, had only twelve registered political parties for elections, only half of the 23 parties that contested the 2003 elections, and a third of 39 to the 1998 election. Ten of these parties fielded candidates in all 24 Cambodian provinces and municipalities, while the two remaining candidates, only nine provinces and seven, respectively.

In early July, the Party Khmer fight against poverty and the Society of Justice Party to form a political alliance and the Khmer Republican Party also said he was willing to make alliances. In 2008, the Cambodian-Thai standoff over Preah Vihear Temple is generally considered a successful attempt by the PRC’s decision to gather more support.

Observation Mission of the EU stated that according to preliminary results, the leader of the CPP was so great that there is a huge fraud to call the victory of the CPP in doubt. They have always criticized the removal of a large number of voters, but welcomed the improvement in the 2003 elections, and on the whole, however, that the elections meet international standards.