The three-week-long election campaign for the upcoming 7th National Election today reached its 10 days.

According to the National Election Committee (NEC), the campaign which began on July 1 was conducted smoothly with security, safety, good order and without violence.

In the first nine days, participating political parties held different activities to present their respective political agendas and gain the voters’ support such as organisation of public gatherings, marches, small meetings, and concerts, distribution of leaflets, installation of banners at public areas, and so on.

The election campaign will take place until July 21, and the election day will fall on July 23.

A total of 9,710,645 eligible voters, of them 5,161,906 are women, will cast their votes in 23,789 polling stations throughout the country.

A total of 18 political parties have been contesting for the National Assembly’s 125 seats, including the Cambodian People’s Party, Cambodian Youth Party, Khmer United National Party, Dharmacracy Party, Democracy Power Party, Cambodian Nationality Party, Khmer United Party, Khmer Conservative Party, FUNCINPEC Party, Beehive Social Democratic Party, People Purpose Party, Ekpheap Cheat Khmer Party, Women’s Party for Women, Khmer Anti-Poverty Party, Khmer Economic Development Party, Cambodia Indigenous People’s Democracy Party, Grassroots Democratic Party, and Khmer Farmers Party.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse