In Cambodia, a vote for the local election, which will be the prelude to the general election next year, will be held on the 5th, and the ruling party led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who maintains the long-term government, will win the most votes in more than 90% of the local governments. It is a prospect.
In Cambodia, an election was held once every five years to select members of the council established in local governments nationwide on the 5th, and the votes were counted on the same day.
Elections are held on a proportional representation system in which the name of the political party is selected. Is expected to win overwhelmingly.
Official election results will be announced by the Election Commission later this month.
In the last local election held in 2017, the largest opposition party at that time, which appealed for a change of government due to dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power for more than 30 years, greatly increased the number of seats, accounting for 30% of the total. We made great strides, such as winning the most votes in local governments.
After that, the Hun Sen administration tightened the opposition by arresting the leader and pushing the party to dissolution, and the ruling party dominated the seats in the next year's general election.
This local election attracted attention as a prelude to next year's general election, but it is a result of reiterating that the power of the opposition party was greatly diminished by the tightening.