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The National Assembly of Cambodia or Radhsphea is the lower house of the Parliament

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

of Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

.

It has 123 members, elected for five year terms by proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

, using provinces as constituencies of 1 to 18 members, and the D'Hondt method

D'Hondt method

The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...

of seat distribution.

Elections

Summary of the 27 July 2008 National Assembly

National Assembly

National Assembly is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known National Assembly, and the first legislature to be known by this title, was that established during the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale...

election results

Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008

A parliamentary election was held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008.Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the planned date of the election on 30 May 2007, saying that the date of 27 July 2008 had been decided on because it was a holiday and because it fell exactly five years after the last election...

Cambodian People's Party

The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party...

|3,492,374
|58.1%
|
|90
|-
|align=left|Sam Rainsy Party

Sam Rainsy Party

The Sam Rainsy Party is a personalist and more or less liberal party in Cambodia. The party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats...

|1,316,714
|21.9%
|
|26
|-
|align=left|Human Rights Party

Human Rights Party (Cambodia)

The Human Rights Party is a Cambodian political party founded on 22 July 2007 led by Kem Sokha. Critics allege that its foundation is meant to weaken opposition parties and is driven by the ruling party...

|397,816
|6.62%
|
|3
|-
|align=left|Norodom Ranariddh Party

Norodom Ranariddh Party

The Norodom Ranariddh Party is a Cambodian political party created by Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who has left the Royalist FUNCINPEC party of which he was previously leader/chairman....

|337,943
|5.62%
|
|2
|-
|align=left|FUNCINPEC
|303,764
|5.05%
|
|2
|-
|align=left|League for Democracy

League for Democracy Party

The League for Democracy Party is a Cambodian political party that was established in March 2006. Its leader is president Khem Veasna.-Political ideologies:...

|68,909
|1.15%
|
|—
|-
|align=left|Khmer Democratic Party

Khmer Democratic Party

The Khmer Democratic Party is a Cambodian third political party-Political ideology:This political party supports the belief that while illegal immigrants and even those ‘’from Vietnam’’ who ‘’take jobs from Cambodians’’ are destructive to Cambodia...

|32,386
|0.54%
|
|—
|-
|align=left|Democratic Movement Party

Hang Dara Democratic Movement Party

The Hang Dara Democratic Movement Party is a Cambodian political party whose leader was Hang Dara. It was created in May 2002.-Political ideologies:...

|25,065
|0.42%
|
|—
|-
|align=left|Society of Justice Party

Society of Justice Party

Society of Justice Party is a political party in Cambodia, whose president is Ban Sophal.-Political Ideology:Its political ideology combines various ideas from “democracy” to others...

|14,112
|0.23%
|
|—
|-
|align=left|Khmer Republican Party

Khmer Republican Party

This is a political party recently created on March 11th 2006 and competed in the July 27th 2008 elections with their leader Lon Rith as their candidate-Ideology:...

|11,693
|0.19%
|
|—
|-
|align=left|Khmer Anti-Poverty Party

Khmer Anti-Poverty Party

The Khmer Anti-Poverty Party is a Cambodian political party founded in September 2007. Its leader is Cambodian-American Daran Kravanh.-Political ideology:...

|9,501
|0.16%
|
|—
|-
|align=left colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 81.5%)
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|6,010,277
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|123
|-
|colspan=5|Source: www.necelect.org.kh
|}

Future Elections:

The next National Assembly Elections are scheduled for July 2013.

Presidents of the National Assembly

Name	Period
Son Sann Son Sann Son Sann was a Cambodian politician and anti-communist resistance leader. Born in Phnom Penh, he held the office of Prime Minister in 1967-68. A devout Buddhist, he fathered seven children and was married....	1993
Chea Sim Chea Sim Chea Sim is a Chinese Cambodian politician. He was the President of the National Assembly from 1981–98 and is currently the President of the Senate .-Biography:...	1993 - 1998
Norodom Ranariddh Norodom Ranariddh Prince Norodom Ranariddh is the second son of former king Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.-Biography:...	1998 - 2006
Heng Samrin Heng Samrin Heng Samrin is a Cambodian politician. He was the chairman of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and the State of Cambodia , and later vice chairman and chairman of the National Assembly of Cambodia since 2006....	2006 - present

Elections

Presidents of the National Assembly

See also

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