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's victory over the Lon Nol government in April 1975. A total of 515 candidates for the 250 seats of Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly were put forward by the

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-dominated National United Front of Kampuchea, 150 of whom were to be elected from among the peasantry, 50 from the industrial workers, and 50 from the

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. Following the election, the newly elected Assembly convened on 11 April, electing a new administration with

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as Prime Minister and his interim predecessor Khieu Samphan as President of the State Presidium, ousting Prince of Cambodia

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. Voter turnout was reported to be 98%.

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, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p64

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