In Cambodia, the final result of the local election, which attracted attention as a prelude to the general election next year, was announced, and the ruling party led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who maintains a long-term government, secured more than 80% of the seats in the local council. I won overwhelmingly.
In Cambodia, a five-year local election vote to select members of the council established in local governments nationwide was held on June 5, and the Election Commission announced the official final results on June 26. Did.
According to this, the ruling party and the People's Party, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, held the chairman's post at 1648 out of 1652 councils and secured more than 80% of the total number of seats to win the victory.
On the other hand, the number of seats won by major opposition parties was close to 20% of the total.
In the last local election five years ago, the largest opposition party at the time, which appealed for a change of power, greatly increased its seats due to dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power for more than 30 years. Tightened the opposition by pushing it to dissolution, and the ruling party dominated the seats in the next year's general elections.
This local election, which was held after this process, attracted attention as a prelude to the general election next year, but it was a result of reiterating that the opposition party's power has been greatly diminished by the tightening by the administration.