The first 18 days of the three-week-long campaign for the 7th National Election went smoothly with security, safety, good order and without violence, affirmed the National Election Committee of Cambodia (NEC) in a press release this evening.
Running political parties peacefully organised their respective campaign such as meetings with their supporters, conducting home visits, staging concerts, screening videos, and profiling themselves on social media.
NEC has also ensured equal airing time for all political parties to promote their political programmes on state-run radio and television.
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