5th Legislature Senate Election to Take Place in February 2024

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Phnom Penh, July 18, 2023 --

Cambodian Senate will hold an election for the fifth legislature on Feb. 25, 2024, according to a resolution of the Royal Government of Cambodia issued this afternoon.

The election will not be by universal suffrage. Only commune councillors throughout the country and parliamentarians will take part in this election.

The Cambodian political parties will compete for 58 of the 62 Senate seats. Two of the remaining four seats will be appointed by His Majesty the King and another two by the National Assembly.

For the 4th legislature Senate Election held on Feb. 25, 2018, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won all the 58 Senate seats.

The other three participating political parties – the royalists FUNCINPEC Party, the Cambodian Youth Party, and the Khmer National Unity Party – got some votes, but not enough to win a seat.

The term for senators is six years, according to Article 102 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia.