Saturday, May 17, 2014

Elections for municipal, provincial, district councilors kick off in Cambodia


English.news.cn   2014-05-18 09:58:12
PHNOM PENH, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The elections for municipal, provincial, district councilors began Sunday morning in Cambodia with five political parties joining in the contest.
The non-universal poll is cast by only 11,459 sitting commune councilors--typically along party lines--for the municipal, provincial, and district councilors.
According to the National Election Committee (NEC), the five parties participating in the elections are the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the royalist Funcipec Party, the League for Democracy, and the Republican Democracy Party.
NEC secretary-general Tep Nytha said 11,459 sitting commune councilors, including nearly 8,300 coming from the CPP and 2,955 coming from the CNRP, lined up to cast their ballots on Sunday.
More than 800 observers from political parties and civil society are monitoring the poll at 197 polling stations across the country, NEC said.
Preliminary result will be released Sunday evening as the official one will be announced on May 30.
It is the second time the nation held the elections for municipal, provincial, district councilors. The mandate for the councilors is five years.
Editor: xuxin

2 comments:

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