2006 Cambodian Senate election

2006 Cambodian Senate elections

22 January 2006

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57 of the 61 seats to the Senate
29 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

97.24%

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Chea Sim	Unknown	Kong Korm
Party	CPP	FUNCINPEC	SRP
Seats before	31	21	7
Seats after	45	10	2
Seat change	14	11	5
Popular vote	7,854	2,320	1,165
Percentage	69.19%	20.44%	10.26%

Senate President before election

Chea Sim
CPP

Elected Senate President

Chea Sim
CPP

Senate elections were held in Cambodia on 22 January 2006 to elect 57 of the 61 Senators of Cambodia. The result was a victory for the Cambodian People's Party which won 45 seats. The Funcinpec Party won 10 seats, and the Sam Rainsy Party won 2 seats.^[1] This is the first Senate election in Cambodia since previous Senators were appointed by Parliament and the King.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Cambodian People's Party	7,854	69.19	45
	FUNCINPEC	2,320	20.44	10
	Sam Rainsy Party	1,165	10.26	2
	Khmer Democratic Party	13	0.11	0
Appointed members				4
Total		11,352	100.00	61

Valid votes		11,352	99.82
Invalid/blank votes		20	0.18
Total votes		11,372	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,384	99.89
Source: IPU, VOA