THE National Election Committee issued official results from this month’s local polls to confirm a landslide victory by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party.
The results showed the Cambodian People’s Party receiving 74.3% of the votes, and the opposition Candlelight Party about 22.3%. It meant that the CPP won 1,648 of the country’s 1,652 commune chief positions, and the Candlelight Party the remaining four.