General elections were held in

Democratic Kampuchea Kampuchea ( km, កម្ពុជា ), officially known as Democratic Kampuchea (DK; km, កម្ពុជាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ) from 5 January 1976, was a one-party totalitarian state which encompassed modern-day Camb ...

on 20 March 1976, following the Khmer Rouge's

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over the

Lon Nol Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence min ...

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in April 1975. A total of 515 candidates for the 250 seats of

Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly The Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly ( km, សភាតំណាងប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា, ) was the official name of the unicameral legislature of Cambodia during the Democratic Kampuchea period. It was established ...

were put forward by the Communist-dominated

National United Front of Kampuchea The National United Front of Kampuchea ( or , FUNK; km, រណសិរ្សរួបរួមជាតិកម្ពុជា, ) was an organisation formed by the deposed then Chief of State of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 while he was ...

, 150 of whom were to be elected from among the peasantry, 50 from the industrial workers, and 50 from the

Kampuchean Revolutionary Army The Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea ( km, កងទ័ពរំដោះកម្ពុជា, RAK) were the Armed Forces of Democratic Kampuchea. History During the Democratic Kampuchea days, the 68,000-member Khmer Rouge-dominated CPNLAF ...

. Following the election, the newly elected Assembly convened on 11 April, electing a new administration with General Secretary Pol Pot as

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and his interim predecessor

Khieu Samphan Khieu Samphan ( km, ខៀវ សំផន; born 28 July 1931) is a Cambodian former communist politician and economist who was the chairman of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as ...

as President of the State Presidium, ousting Prince of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk. Voter turnout was reported to be 98%. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p64

Results

References

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