1958 Cambodian general election

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All 61 seats in the National Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Norodom Sihanouk	Keo Meas
Party	Sangkum	Pracheachon
Seats before	91	0
Seats won	61	0
Seat change	30
Popular vote	1,646,488	409
Percentage	99.9%	0.1
Swing	17.2%	3.8%

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General elections were held in Cambodia on 23 March 1958. The Sangkum party received all but 409 of the 1.6 million votes, winning all 61 seats in the National Assembly.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sangkum	1,646,488	99.98	61	–30
	Pracheachon	409	0.02	0	0
Total		1,646,897	100.00	61	–30

Source: Nohlen et al.

By district

Most districts only had one Sangkum candidate, but one Phnom Penh district was contested by a Pracheachon candidate.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
Nhieim Sokphai	Sangkum	13,542	97.2	Elected
Keo Meas	Pracheachon	396	2.8
Total		13,938	100
Source: Corfield

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p63 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p69
Corfield, Justin (31 December 1994). Khmers Stand Up!. Monash Asia Institute. p. 28. ISBN 0732605652.

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