A polling station in the Senate election for the fifth legislative term of Cambodia (Photo: VNA)The National ElectionCommittee (NEC) said the election was held in the form of non-universal suffrage, noting that therewere a total of 11,747 eligible voters, including 125 members of the NationalAssembly and 11,622 commune/Sangkat councillors.
Four political parties, namely the ruling Cambodian People’sParty (CPP), the Khmer Will Party, FUNCINPEC Party, and National Power Party, contestedfor 58 among the 62 seats at the Senate, while two of the remaining seats willbe appointed by the King and the other two by the National Assembly.
In an announcement on February 24, the NEC saidnearly 800 Cambodian and international observers and special guests hadregistered to monitor the election. Besides, 331 reporters from 59 domestic andforeign media agencies had also registered for covering the event.
After the election, starting at 7am, concluded at3pm, polling stations would be turned into vote counting offices. Preliminary votingresults are scheduled to be announced later on February 25.
Official resultsare set to be announced on April 2.
Unlike theother three elections held every five years, Cambodia’s Senate election takesplace every six years. At the latest election on February 25, 2018, the CPP won all the 58 Senate seats chosen byvoting./.
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