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1972 Cambodian general election

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1972 Cambodian general election
Khmer Republic
September 1972
National Assembly
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All 126 seats in the National Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
PRS Lon Nol 99.02 126
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
2006 →

32 of the 40 seats in the Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
PRS Lon Nol 95.82 32
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Sơn Ngọc Thành
KS
Hang Thun Hak
PRS

General elections were held in the Khmer Republic in September 1972,[1] the first after the 1970 coup d'état. Elections for the National Assembly took place on 3 September and were contested by the Social Republican Party and Pracheachon (although the latter only had 10 candidates), whilst they were boycotted by the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in protest at the new electoral law. The SRP won all 126 seats with 99.1% of valid votes.[2] Elections for the Senate were held on 17 September, with the SRP winning all 32 seats.

Results

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National Assembly

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Republican Party1,304,20799.02126New
Pracheachon12,8540.9800
Total1,317,061100.00126+44
Valid votes1,317,06199.36
Invalid/blank votes8,4980.64
Total votes1,325,559100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,686,90078.58
Source: IPU

Senate

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PartyVotes%Seats
Social Republican Party989,19695.8232
Pracheachon43,1714.180
Armed Forces appointees8
Total1,032,367100.0040
Source: IPU

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p63 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Cambodia Inter-Parliamentary Union