This map was constructed from the results provided by the Cambodian National Election Committee, which can be found here. Dispute over the results continues with Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Saim Rainsy saying yesterday that the only acceptable solution would be to have an independent committee to investigate their claims. Compared to Thai elections where support for a conservative party is seen to be stronger in the capital, this Cambodian election provides an interesting, and perhaps inverted, contrast.
What this means for Cambodian politics remains unclear. As I have commented elsewhere, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) government has deployed the military in Phnom Penh in response to protests threatened by CNRP. Tension is running high within the military, too. While this nebulous political landscape fuels a climate of uncertainty, certainty can perhaps be found in the notion that if Hun Sen’s power is seriously threatened, there will be a serious reaction.
Table of preliminary results from the 2013 National Election
Seats gained by parties |
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No. |
Province/City |
Seats |
CPP |
CNRP |
1 |
Banteay Meanchey |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Battambang |
8 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
Kampong Cham |
18 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
Kampong Chhnang |
4 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Kampong Speu |
6 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
Kampong Thom |
6 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
Kampot |
6 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
Kandal |
11 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
Koh Kong |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Kratie |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
Mondul Kiri |
1 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
Phnom Penh |
12 |
5 |
7 |
13 |
Preah Vihear |
1 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Prey Veng |
11 |
5 |
6 |
15 |
Poussat |
4 |
3 |
1 |
16 |
Rattana Kiri |
1 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
Siem Reap |
6 |
4 |
2 |
18 |
Sihanouk |
1 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
Steung Treng |
1 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
Suay Rieng |
5 |
3 |
2 |
21 |
Takeo |
8 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
Kep |
1 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
Pailin |
1 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
Oddar Meanchey |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Total |
123 |
68 |
55 |
This table was translated from the results released by the CPP a day after the election. On 12 August, the National Election Committee announced preliminary results that did not differ, in terms of seat distribution, from these results.
Colum Graham is a PhD candidate in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Well I was unfortunate enough to watch Saim Rainsy latest appearance on ABC Australia’s usual anti-Hun Sen propaganda barrage. Personally I think, Saim Rainsy is full of hot wind the same way he was months before the elections.
David Chandler said it best on ABC News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6SyHMdwPl0 or, at least hinted at it.
The election dispute is mainly being pushed forward by members of the republican party/Blue Team members such as Dana Rohrabacher, which ordinarily would be entertained if it was not for the resent blood bath in Egypt, or the disputed elections in Zimbabwe. On the other hand when he refers to Sam Reinsy being a threat, his own a threat if he does what he does good, which is appeal to national and racial sentiment.
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