Cambodian general election, 1958

Cambodian parliamentary election, 1958

1958

All 61 seats to the National Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority

	First party

Leader	Norodom Sihanouk
Party	Sangkum
Seats before	91
Seats won	61
Seat change	30
Popular vote	1,646,488
Percentage	99.9%
Swing	17.2%

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General elections were held in Cambodia on 23 March 1958.^[1] The Sangkum party received all but 409 of the 1.6 million votes,^[2] winning all 61 seats in the National Assembly.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Sangkum	1,646,488	100	61	–30
Pracheachon	409	0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	1,646,897	100	61	-30
Source: Nohlen et al.

By district

Most districts only had one Sangkum candidate, but one Phnom Penh district was contested by a Pracheachon candidate.^[3]

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Nhieim Sokphai	Sangkum	13,542	97.2	Elected
Keo Meas	Pracheachon	396	2.8
Total		13,938	100
Source: Corfield

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p63 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
↑ Nohlen et al., p69
↑ Corfield, Justin (31 December 1994). Khmers Stand Up!. Monash Asia Institute. p. 28. ISBN 0732605652.

Elections and referendums in Cambodia

General elections	1946 1947 1951 1955 1958 1962 1966 1972 1976 1981 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018

Local elections	2002 2007 2012 2017

Presidential elections	1972

Referendums	1945 1955 1958 1959 1960 1961 1972

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