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muriel_volestrangler

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1. Cambodia election: Hun Sen's ruling party claims victory

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:21 PM

Jul 2013

The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) led by Prime Minister Hun Sen said it had won at least 68 seats, compared with 55 seats for the main opposition.

Official results have not yet been released, but if these numbers are confirmed it would be the CPP's worst performance in 15 years.

Hun Sen has been in power in Cambodia for nearly three decades.

His main challenge in the elections is from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), led by Sam Rainsy, who recently came back to the country from self-imposed exile.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23484224

However:

Cambodia elections: Opposition claim widespread fraud

More than nine million people were eligible to vote, but the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) led by Sam Rainsy, says there has been widespread fraud.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23484628

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