1955 Cambodian general election

1955 Cambodian general election

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All 91 seats in the National Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Norodom Sihanouk
Party Sangkum
Last election
Seats won 91
Seat change New
Popular vote 630,085
Percentage 82.72%

General elections were held in Cambodia on 9 June 1955. The elections were held following the peace established at the 1954 Geneva Conference and the independence of the country. The election were postponed to September 1955.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Sangkum party, which won all 91 seats.[2] The election was marked by widespread voter fraud and intimidation.[3][4] This began a period of one-party dominance of Prince Sihanouk's Sangkum until the coup of 1970.

  1. ^ Ben Kiernan. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 158.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p74 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  3. ^ Language and National Identity in Asia: Cambodia - Sangkum Reas Niyum
  4. ^ "1955 polls: the Sangkum takes hold". The Phnom Penh Post. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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