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2012 Cambodian Communal Elections ...
Local elections were held in Cambodia on 3 June 2012. Results References {{Cambodian elections Communal elections in Cambodia 2012 in Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Cambodia
The communes of Cambodia ( ''khum''/ ''sangkat'') are the third-level administrative divisions in Cambodia. They are the subdivisions of the districts and municipalities of Cambodia. Communes can consist of as few as 3 or as many as 30 villages (''phum''), depending on the population. * In 1998 there were a total of 1,609 communes, and 13,406 villages in Cambodia. * However, according to the 2008 census there are now 1,621 communes in Cambodia and 14,073 villages. * As of the 2017 commune elections, the number of communes had risen to 1,646. Banteay Meanchey Province Mongkol Borei District # * Banteay Neang # * Bat Trang # * Chamnaom # * Kouk Ballangk # * Koy Maeng # * Ou Prasat # * Phnum Touch # * Rohat Tuek # * Ruessei Kraok # * Sambuor # * Soea # * Srah Reang # * Ta Lam # Phnum Srok District * Nam Tau * Paoy Char * Phnom Dei * Ponley * Spean Sraeng Rouk * Srah Chik Preah Netr Preah District * Bos Sbov * Chhnuor * Chob * Phnum Lieb * Prasat Char * Preah Netr * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Rights Party (Cambodia)
The Human Rights Party ( km, គណបក្សសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស) was a Cambodian political party founded on 22 July 2007 by Kem Sokha. Critics allege that its foundation is meant to weaken opposition parties and is driven by the ruling party. This sentiment, however, seems to be driven by the ruling party themselves as Kem Sokha has long been a very vocal critic of the ruling Cambodian People's Party. At the time of its foundation, the party claimed to have between 200,000 and 500,000 members nationwide. Human Rights Party is the first party in Cambodia to adopt the check and balance system, changing the culture of one-man-ruling parties, which most parties in Cambodia adopt. It is also the first party in Cambodia to have its major leaders elected in its convention. Its popularity has been dramatically increasing in Cambodia, especially in the countryside. In the July 2008 parliamentary elections, the ruling party won a landslide majority, and the Human Rights P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communal Elections In Cambodia
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Communal may refer to: *A commune or also intentional community * Communalism (Bookchin) * Communalism (South Asia), the South Asian sectarian ideologies *Relating to an administrative division called comune *Sociality in animals *Community ownership See also * Communalism (other) Communalism may refer to: * Communalism (Bookchin), a theory of government in which autonomous communities form confederations * , a historical method that follows the development of communities * Communalism (South Asia), violence across ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hang Dara Democratic Movement Party
The Hang Dara Democratic Movement Party (HDMP; km, គណបក្សហង្សដារ៉ាចលនាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ) is a Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...n political party whose leader was Hang Dara. It was created in May 2002. Political ideologies Here the HDMP believes in a variety of ideologies. With the right-wing it believes in protecting Cambodia's “National environment”, “sovereignty”, ”monarchy” and its “culture”. With its left-wing ideology it supports the improvement of people's livelihoods by constructing a newly improved healthcare system and educational sector with a huge priority on “building” more infrastructure in the Cambodian rural areas. Apart from that its liberal ideology is where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer Anti-Poverty Party
The Khmer Anti-Poverty Party ( km, គណបក្សខ្មែរឈប់ក្រ) is a Cambodian political party founded in September 2007. Its leader is Cambodian-American Daran Kravanh.Meas Sokchea and Sebastian Strangio. "Party profiles: An election rundown". ''Phnom Penh Post'' (July 11, 2008). Political ideology The Khmer Anti-Poverty Party believes in defending Cambodia's "territorial integrity" and opposes "any foreign tyrant leader". The party aims to prevent poverty and to create new ministries for the disabled and for job seekers. In the 2008 national election, the party proposed to bring American-style governance to Cambodia, claiming that the party had the support of 300 American advisers and governors."Anti-poverty leader revels in US backing" ''Phnom Penh Post'' (April 17, 2008). In the 2013 election, the party claimed that it had the backing and support of 140,000 foreign advisers and 13 wealthy investors who would make the party's vision of ending poverty i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League For Democracy Party
The League for Democracy Party (LDP; km, គណបក្សសម្ព័ន្ធដើម្បីប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ) is a Cambodian political party which was formed on 15 July 2005. The party itself, however, was established on 26 June 2006. Its leader is Khem Veasna. Its stated goal is to have "A Nation in Which We Live in Equity As Its Owner." Its main mission is to implement the party's "eight Mechanisms" as legal instruments to "reduce the power of the government and bring power back to the citizens." History The League for Democracy Party (LDP) was formed on 15 July 2005 by a small group of people who had similar ideas and perceptions to solve Cambodia's social and political issues. The founders filed the procedure to establish the League for Democracy Party in accordance with the law and regulations relating to the establishment of political parties. The LDP was recognized, established, and registered officially with the announcement of the Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norodom Ranariddh Party
The Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP; km, គណបក្ស នរោត្ដម រណឫទ្ធិ) was a Cambodian political party created by Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who left the royalist FUNCINPEC party of which he was previously President. A congress of people chose to change the name of their political party called Khmer National Front Party to the Norodom Ranariddh Party on 16 November 2006 and elected Prince Norodom Ranariddh as the president of NRP. It was briefly known as the Nationalist Party from 2008 to 2010. Political ideology The party promotes several ideologies. On the conservative side, it promotes the preservation of Cambodia's "cultural landmarks" while improving the capital city "Phnom Penh's master plan" to mend "buildings in the city in order to" be an excellent "modern city." The party also wants to keep the existence of the "Khmer race and its culture, religion and language." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FUNCINPEC
The National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia,; french: Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique et coopératif commonly referred to as FUNCINPEC,, ; is a royalist political party in Cambodia. Founded in 1981 by Norodom Sihanouk, it began as a resistance movement against the People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) government. In 1982, it formed a resistance pact with the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK), together with the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) and the Khmer Rouge. It became a political party in 1992. FUNCINPEC was one of the signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords, which paved the way for the formation of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). The party participated in the 1993 Cambodian general election, 1993 general elections organised by UNTAC. It won the elections, and formed a coalition government with the Cambodian People's Party ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Rainsy Party
The Candlelight Party ( km, គណបក្សភ្លើងទៀន) is a liberal party in Cambodia. The party was a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, Liberal International, and the Alliance of Democrats. It is the largest opposition party in Cambodia, and the main challenger to the ruling Cambodian People's Party. The party resumed political activity in October 2021 after being inactive since 2012. The party, founded in 1995 as the Khmer Nation Party, renamed the Sam Rainsy Party in 1998, and recently in 2018, it was renamed the Candlelight Party. This party is currently the official opposition to the ruling Cambodian People's Party. Since the decline of the junior coalition partner, FUNCINPEC, in the 2008 National Assembly elections, the Candlelight Party is now considered the second largest party and the largest opposition party in Cambodia. The party won 15 of the 123 seats in the National Assembly in the 1998 elections, 24 seats in the 2003 elections, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune Council (Cambodia)
There are 1,646 communes (''khums''/''sangkats'') in Cambodia. Each Commune Council ( km, ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាឃុំសង្កាត់) is composed of 5 to 11 members depending on demography and geography, elected through a proportional system where nationally registered political parties can compete by presenting a list of candidates of at least twice the number of seats in each Commune. There are no independent candidates. Commune councillors vote on their constituents' behalf in Senate elections. As such, a victory in communal elections would all but guarantee a majority in the Senate. There are currently 11,572 councillors from 1,646 communes. Related external links Official Results of the 2007 Commune Councils Election2007 COMMUNE COUNCIL ELECTION CALENDAR(PDF) Promoting Women's Participation In Decision Making At the commune level in Cambodia- by the World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodian People's Party
The Cambodian People's Party (CPP), UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; is a Cambodian political party which has ruled Cambodia since 1979. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP)., UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; Adopting a more revisionist view of Marxism, it allied itself with Vietnam and the Soviet Union, in contrast to the Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot, which was pro-Chinese. After toppling the Khmer Rouge regime with the Vietnamese-backed liberation of Phnom Penh, it became the ruling party of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1989), which was later renamed the State of Cambodia (1989–1991). The party's current name was adopted during the final year of the State of Cambodia, when the party abandoned the one-party system and Marxism–Leninism. Originally rooted in communist and Marxist–Leninist ideologies, the party took on a more reformist outlook in the mid-1980s under Heng Samrin. In 1991, the CPP officially d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kem Sokha
Kem Sokha ( km, កឹម សុខា; born 27 June 1953) is a Cambodia, Cambodian politician and activist who most recently served as the President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). He served as the Minority Leader (Cambodia), Minority Leader, the highest-ranking opposition parliamentarian, of the National Assembly of Cambodia, National Assembly from December 2016 to January 2017, and previously as the First Vice President of the National Assembly from August 2014 to October 2015. He represented Kampong Cham (National Assembly constituency), Kampong Cham as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2017. From 2007 to 2012, Kem was the leader of the Human Rights Party (Cambodia), Human Rights Party, which he founded. Kem was arrested and imprisoned at a detention centre in Tbong Khmum Province on 3 September 2017 under allegations of treason. In November 2017, the CNRP was dissolved, and 118 of its members, including Kem, were banned from politics for five years. On 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
