1946 Cambodian general election

1 September 1946

1947 →

All 67 seats in the National Assembly
34 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

60%

	First party	Second party

Leader	Sisowath Youtevong	Norodom Norindeth
Party	Democratic	Liberal
Seats won	50	14

A map presenting the results of the election, by party elected from each constituency

Democratic

Elected Prime Minister

Sisowath Youtevong
Democratic

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General elections were held for the first time in Cambodia on 1 September 1946. The Democratic Party won 50 of the 67 seats, with voter turnout estimated to be 60%.

Results



Party		Seats
	Democratic Party	50
	Liberal Party	14
	Independents	3
Total		67

Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p69 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p64

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