1972 Cambodian general election

General elections were held in the Khmer Republic in September 1972,[1] the first after the 1970 coup. Elections for the National Assembly took place on 3 September and were contested by the Social Republican Party and Pracheachon (although the latter only had 10 candidates), whilst they were boycotted by the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in protest at the new electoral law. The SRP won all 126 seats with 99.1% of valid votes.[2] Elections for the Senate were held on 17 September, with the SRP winning all 32 seats.

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Results

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Republican Party1,304,20799.1126New
Pracheachon12,8540.90
Invalid/blank votes8,498
Total1,325,559100126+44
Source: IPU

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Social Republican Party989,19695.7132
Pracheachon43,1714.290
Armed Forces appointees8
Total1,032,36710040
Source: IPU

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p63 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Cambodia Inter-Parliamentary Union
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