NEC Announces Official Results of Election

The National Election Committee (NEC) released the official results of the July 28 general election this morning, handing victory to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Off the 123 seats in the National Assembly, the CPP took 68 as its has expected, while the rest of 55 was given to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), according to the NEC’s announcement made through the national media.   

Eight political parties contested in the 2013 General Election for the 5^th Mandate of the National Assembly, but only two of them, the CPP and CNRP, won enough votes to win the parliamentary seats. However, the CNRP has rejected the election results, claiming the election was full of “serious irregularities”.

On Saturday, the CNRP held a mass demonstration in Phnom Penh with around twenty thousand participants to demand an independent commission be formed to investigate and resolve the election irregularities. The CNPR leaders also warned to continue to hold mass demonstrations nationwide if the NEC announced the final results of the election before an independent commission is formed to completely resolve the election dispute.

The CNRP has just issued a press statement informing representatives of the foreign embassies, human rights organizations and the media that it would hold a press conference this afternoon to express its position on the NEC’s announcement of the official election results.