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Cambodian general election, 1998 Registered 5,395,595 13.2% Turnout 5,057,679 (93.7%) 4.2%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Hun Sen
Norodom Ranariddh
Sam Rainsy
Party
CPP
FUNCINPEC
SRP
Leader since
14 January 1985
February 1992
June 1995
Leader's seat
Kandal
Kampong Cham
Kampong Cham
Last election
51 seats, 38.2%
58 seats, 45.5%
Did not stand
Seats before
51
58
0
Seats won
64
43
15
Seat change
13
15
15
Popular vote
2,030,790
1,554,405
699,665
Percentage
41.4%
31.7%
14.3%
Swing
3.1%
13.8%
14.3%
General elections were held in Cambodia on 26 July 1998. The result was a victory for the Cambodian People's Party , which won 64 of the 122 seats. Voter turnout was 93.7%.[1]
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
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Cambodian People's Party
2,030,790
41.4
64
+13
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FUNCINPEC
1,554,405
31.7
43
–15
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Sam Rainsy Party
699,665
14.3
15
+15
Democratic Party
90,000
1.8
0
0
Cambodian National Sustaining Party
71,093
1.4
0
0
Liberal Democratic Party for National Salvation
46,424
0.9
0
0
Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party
45,849
0.9
0
–10
Nationalist Party
37,308
0.8
0
0
Buddhist Liberal Party
32,959
0.7
0
0
Khmer Angkor Party
26,482
0.5
0
0
Cambodian Citizens' Party
23,713
0.5
0
0
Cambodian Unity Party
19,232
0.4
0
0
Republican Coalition Party
14,869
0.3
0
0
Liberal Democratic Party
14,088
0.3
0
0
Free Development Republican Party
13,780
0.3
0
0
Rally for National Solidarity
13,038
0.3
0
0
National Unification Party
11,089
0.2
0
0
National Restoration Party
10,451
0.2
0
0
Light of Freedom Party
8,395
0.2
0
0
Molinaka and Naktaorsou Khmer for Freedom
8,395
0.2
0
–1
Free Independent Democracy Party
3,938
0.1
0
0
Neutral Democratic Party of Cambodia
3,869
0.1
0
0
Free Republican Party
1,654
0.0
0
0
Molinaka and Naktaorsou Khmer for Freedom
8,395
0.2
0
–1
Twelve other parties
119,372
2.4
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
155,189
–
–
–
Total
5,057,679
100
122
+2
Registered voters/turnout
5,395,595
93.7
–
–
Source: Nohlen et al.
References