Cambodian government party claims electoral gains

Cambodia's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) outgoing Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday claimed victory in the Cambodian elections, writes the Reuters news agency. According to a spokesperson, the PCP won 80% of the vote, about 100 of the 125 parliamentary seats. The only big opposition party was eliminated last year.

Sunday's turnout was relatively high; 82% of people with the right to vote would have voted Sunday, about 13% more than in previous elections in 2013. Formally, the CPP has not won yet because there are still results who infiltrate. Official results will follow only mid-August.

Despite this, Hun Sen is expected to already claim the election. There was no real competition. In addition to the CPP, nineteen small parties participated, but none of them posed serious competition. In Cambodia, there were rumors that some of the other participating parties were even established by the CPP itself. The Cambodian People's Party has been in power since 1985.

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"Stuffing"

Critics describe the elections as farce because critics of Hun Sen bullying by intimidation. In addition, the National Relief Party (CNRP) was dissolved last year, the opposition party that has become increasingly popular among the population. The CPP accused the CNRP of forcing plans to overthrow the government at the time, the Supreme Court found that proved. 118 CNRP members were banned from politics for five years.