Monday, August 11, 2008

Cambodia: CPP Wins Almost 60% of Vote

Monday August 11, 2008
VNA (Hanoi)

PHNOM PENH, Aug 11 Asia Pulse - The Cambodian Peoples Party (CPP) won 58.1 per cent of the popular vote in the July 27 general election, according to figures released by the National Election Commission (NEC) on August 9.

NEC also said that with 21.9 per cent of vote, the Sam Rainsy Party is the CPP's nearest rival.

According to a NEC official, turnout was 75.21 per cent or six million of the 8.1 million eligible voters.

But the official declined to say how many parliamentary seats each party had won before a further announcement next month in which full official results will be revealed.

The Sam Rainsy Party on the same day rejected the outcome and demanded a re-run.

Earlier, the CPP claimed it had captured at least 90 of the 123 seats in Parliament.

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