Sin Veasna (L), 17, and Var Than (C), 23, exit the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh following a hearing, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post
CPP vs. SRP
Communes won by party (out of a total of 1,621 communes):
CPP: 1,591 (98.2%) versus 1598 (-0.4%)
SRP: 28 (1.7%) versus 13 (+115.4%)
Popular votes collected by the party:
CPP: 3.11 million (61.1 %) versus 2.67 million (+16.5%)
SRP: 1.3 million (25.5 %) versus 0.73 million (+77.6%)
2007 voter turnout 65.4 %; 87.5% in 2002.
Commune councilor positions:
CPP: 7,988 (70.6 %) versus 7703 (+3.7%)
SRP: 2,671 (23.2 %) versus 1346 (+98.4%)
Communes with party representation:
CPP: 1621 (100% coverage) same as 2002.
SRP: 1379 (85.1% coverage) versus 914 (+50.9%)
In most of Cambodia's communes SRP is now the only opposition party to the ruling
CPP.
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