Cambodjas premierminister kan fortsætte, men hans parti får det dårligste valg i 15 år i det fattige sydøstasiatiske land, som er mest kendt for De Røde Khmerers rædselsregimente i 1970erne.
The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) led by Prime Minister Hun Sen said it had won at least 68 seats in Sunday’s elections, compared with 55 seats for the main opposition, BBC online reports.
Official results have not yet been released, but if these numbers are confirmed it would be the CPP’s worst performance in 15 years.
Hun Sen (60) has been in power in Cambodia for nearly three decades.
His main challenge in the elections is from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), led by Sam Rainsy, who recently came back to the country from self-imposed exile.
Cambodia’s opposition Monday rejected the result, citing “serious irregularities”. Names were missing from voter lists and some voters found others had used their ballot, reports said.
More than nine million people were eligible to vote.
The governing party enjoys considerable support in the countryside – in part due to the economic growth achieved there after the devastation caused by the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, which was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century.
Younger voters were thought more likely to look for a change and back Sam Rainsy and the opposition.
In 2010 Mr Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison, on a series of charges he says were politically motivated.
Se også Nik Bredholts blog på
http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/blog/334/valg-i-cambodja
Mere om Hun Sen på
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun_Sen
