Cambodia elections

Kem Sokha, the former head of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, has also been banned indefinitely from voting or running for office.

The CIVICUS Monitor has cited the “rapid decline in civic freedoms" as the country moves toward national elections in July.

Despite his party's nearly unchallenged dominance, Hun Sen is bent on preventing the emergence of a political alternative.

Son Chhay of the Candlelight Party has been ordered to pay $750,000 for questioning the fairness of this year's commune election.

As the country heads toward national elections next year, the government is seeking to neutralize the influence of opposition leaders living in exile abroad.

It is unclear when Hun Sen will give up the prime ministership, but the country's long-planned transition is in many ways already in progress.

Prime Minister Hun Sen's party won nearly three-quarters of the vote in an election marred by claims of vote-buying and intimidation.

Despite another victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party, an old opposition party has pried back open the political space.

For the first time, an opposition party not led by a magnetic political personality has made inroads.

According to the National Election Committee, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party won 9,338 out of the 11,622 commune council seats up for election.

But what are the actual numbers?