2022 Cambodian communal elections

The 2022 Cambodian communal elections will be held in Cambodia on 5 June 2022.[2] 1,652 communes in all 25 provinces of Cambodia will be contested, for a total of 11,622 commune council seats.[3] Elected councillors will go on to determine the majority in the 2024 Senate election.

2022 Cambodian communal elections

5 June 2022

1,652 Commune Chiefs
11,622 Commune Councillors
Registered 9,205,675[1] (as of January 2022)
 
Leader Hun Sen
Party CPP
Leader since 14 January 1985
Last election 1,156 chiefs
6,503 councillors
50.8%
Seats needed

Background

The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved in November 2017 following the communal elections.[4]

References

  1. "NEC to close initial voter list". Khmer Times. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. Voun, Dara (4 March 2021). "Government schedules June 5 for 2022 commune elections". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. Nov, Sivutha (15 September 2021). "Six new communes and 50 new seats for 2022 elections". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. "Cambodia top court dissolves main opposition party". BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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