| Parliament name |
Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name |
Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Radhsphea Ney Preah Recheanachakr Kampuchea / National Assembly
|
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
22 January 2006 |
| Purpose of elections |
First-ever elections for the Senate were held for 57 members indirectly elected by Commune/Sangkat Councilors. All the 61 members of the (previous) first Senate were appointed by the King or by the political parties in proportion to their seats in the National Assembly. |
| N/A (Indirect elections) |
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 22 January 2006 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
11'384
11'372 (99.89%)
20
11'352 |
|
Notes
|
Non universal suffrage:
11
261 commune councillors and 123 members of the National Assembly were eligible voters. |
| Distribution of votes |
|
Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Candidates |
Votes |
|
|
% |
|
|
| Cambodian People's Party (CPP) |
|
7'854 |
|
|
69.19 |
|
|
| United National Front for an Independent
Neutral
Peaceful and Co-operative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) |
|
2'320 |
|
|
20.44 |
|
|
| Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) |
|
1'165 |
|
|
10.26 |
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats |
|
Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Total
|
|
|
|
|
| Cambodian People's Party (CPP) |
45
|
|
|
|
|
| United National Front for an Independent
Neutral
Peaceful and Co-operative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) |
10
|
|
|
|
|
| Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) |
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
52
9
14.75%
|
| Distribution of seats according to age |
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to profession |
|
|
| Comments |
Official results of 29 January 2006.
- Eight women were indirectly elected;
- no women was appointed by the King;
- one woman was nominated by the National Assembly.
United National Front for an Independent
Neutral
Peaceful and Co-operative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) is a member of the ruling coalition led by the Cambodian People's Party (CPP).
In all
8 women were elected:
- 6 women of 45 MPs from the CPP
- 2 women of 10 MPs from the FUNCINPEC
- No women were elected from the SRP
(Senate
01.02.2006)
Mr. Chea Sim was re-elected as Speaker (President) on 20 March 2006. |
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