Cambodia's ruling party claims election victory

Election officials work at a polling station on the day of Cambodia's general election, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The party of long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared victory in a general election on Sunday, a contest that had been widely dismissed as a one-sided sham aimed at cementing the party's decades-long rule.

"We've won in a landslide...but we can't calculate the number of seats yet," said Sok Eysan, spokesperson for the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which ran virtually unopposed.

(Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Hugh Lawson)