1972 Cambodian general election

September 1972

National Assembly

← 1966 1976 →

All 126 seats in the National Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats
	PRS	Lon Nol	99.02	126

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

2006 →

32 of the 40 seats in the Senate
21 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats
	PRS	Lon Nol	95.82	32

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Sơn Ngọc Thành KS	Hang Thun Hak PRS

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General elections were held in the Khmer Republic in September 1972, the first after the 1970 coup d'état. Elections for the National Assembly took place on 3 September and were contested by the Social Republican Party and Pracheachon (although the latter only had 10 candidates), whilst they were boycotted by the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in protest at the new electoral law. The SRP won all 126 seats with 99.1% of valid votes. Elections for the Senate were held on 17 September, with the SRP winning all 32 seats.

Results

National Assembly



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Republican Party	1,304,207	99.02	126	New
	Pracheachon	12,854	0.98	0	0
Total		1,317,061	100.00	126	+44

Valid votes		1,317,061	99.36
Invalid/blank votes		8,498	0.64
Total votes		1,325,559	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,686,900	78.58
Source: IPU

Senate



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Republican Party	989,196	95.82	32
	Pracheachon	43,171	4.18	0
Armed Forces appointees				8
Total		1,032,367	100.00	40

Source: IPU

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p63 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Cambodia Inter-Parliamentary Union

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