1966 Cambodian general election

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11 September 1966

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All 82 seats in the National Assembly
42 seats needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Norodom Sihanouk
Party	Sangkum
Seats before	77
Seats won	82
Seat change	5
Percentage	100%

Prime Minister before election

Norodom Kantol
Sangkum

Elected Prime Minister

Lon Nol
Sangkum

General elections were held in Cambodia on 11 September 1966.^[1] Only candidates of the Sangkum party were allowed to contest the election, although more than one candidate could run in a constituency. As a result, the party won all 82 seats.^[2] The conservative wing of the Sangkum gained a majority. On 18 October the National Assembly of Cambodia nominated Lon Nol as Prime Minister.

Results

Only 28 of the 82 deputies had been previously elected to Parliament, six of whom were members of the conservative wing of the Sangkum.


Party		Seats	+/–
	Sangkum	82	+5
Total		82	+5

Source: Nohlen et al.

Government formation

The conservative wing of the Sangkum won a two-thirds majority in parliament, meaning Sihanouk could not prevent the opposition from blocking nominations. As a result, Lon Nol was elected Prime Minister with 59 votes in favour and 23 against.