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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    July 2011

Cambodia

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: King NORODOM Sihamoni
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister HUN Sen
  • Assembly: Cambodia has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Senate with 61 seats and the National Assembly (Radhsphea Ney Preah Recheanachakr Kampuchea) with 123 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The King is hereditary .
  • In the Senate, 57 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms, 2 members are elected by the National Assembly to serve 5-year terms and 2 members are appointed by the monarch to serve 5-year terms. In the National Assembly (Radhsphea Ney Preah Recheanachakr Kampuchea) 123 members are elected by party-list system with proportional distribution of seats to serve 5-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 14,241,640 (July 2008 )

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - July 2011

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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