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Associated Press
Sopheng Cheang
Cambodia, Phnom Penh (AP) —Cambodia's National Election Commission on Sunday confirmed the Prime Minister's victory in the landslide officially from this month's local elections The ruling party of Hun Sen announced the results.
The results show that the Cambodian People's Party won 74.3% of the votes and the opposition Candlelight Party won about 22.3%. This means that the CPP has won 1,648 of the country's 1,652 commune chief positions, and the remaining four have won the Candlelight Party.
The CPP has been in power for decades and has the great advantage of controlling governments at almost all levels. The enemy is less organized, has less resources, and is afraid of intimidation.
Nominally the authoritarian ruler of a democratic nation, Hun Sen has been in power for 37 years. He said he would be in office until 2028 and supported one of his sons as his successor.
The commune election, which takes place a year before the general election, is seen as a test of the power of political parties.
The Election Commission said 80.19% of the country's 9.2 million registered voters voted.
The Candlelight Party is the unofficial successor to the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which challenged the ruling party in a much stronger second place in the last commune elections in 2017.
In the aftermath, the party broke up prior to the 2018 general election by the Supreme Court because of its weak support for its involvement in rebellious activities.
A court ruling forces all party members from elected positions in local and national elections, removes them from ballots in 2018 elections, and cleans all seats. It paved the way for cleaning up. Parliament by Hun Sen's party.
Both the ruling party and the National Election Commission, Songchai, Vice President of the Candlelight Party, commented on his comments in a post-election online interview claiming that this month's polls are unfair. Announced that it is suing.
Son Chhay accused the election commission of being biased in favor of the ruling party, with voter purchases and intimidation. His allegations were denied by the government and the Commission.
Son Chai, a joint nationality of Cambodia and Australia, left Cambodia before the proceedings were filed, a colleague of his party said.
