General elections were held in the Khmer Republic in September 1972, the first after the 1970 coup. Elections for the National Assembly took place on 3 September and were contested by the

Social Republican Party The Social Republican Party ( km, គណបក្សសាធារណរដ្ឋសង្គម; french: Parti républicain social, PRS) was a right-wing political party in Cambodia, founded by the then-Head of State Lon Nol in 10 June 1972 to ...

and

Pracheachon The Krom Pracheachon ( km, ក្រុមប្រជាជន ; "People's Group"), often referred to simply as Pracheachon, was a Cambodian political party that contested in parliamentary elections in 1955, 1958 and 1972. For much of its exi ...

(although the latter only had 10 candidates), whilst they were boycotted by the Republican Party and the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

in protest at the new electoral law. The SRP won all 126 seats with 99.1% of valid votes.Cambodia
Inter-Parliamentary Union Elections for the Senate were held on 17 September, with the SRP winning all 32 seats.

Results

National Assembly

Senate

References

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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 Thailan ...

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