NEC sets seal on CPP poll wins

The National Election Committee’s final commune poll results have shown the ruling CPP took 6,503 seats while the opposition CNRP won 5,007 of 11,572 seats in 1,646 communes nationwide. This equates to 56 percent of seats for the CPP and 43 percent for the CNRP, with the remainder split among the smaller parties. 

Seven of the 12 political parties contesting the polls received seats as either commune chiefs or councillors. The CPP won 1,156 commune chief positions, 1,139 first deputies and 510 second deputies.

The CNRP received 489 commune chief positions, 503 first deputies and 1,087 second deputies.  The Khmer National United Party won 24 seats, including one commune chief position and two first deputy commune chiefs and 16 second deputies. 

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