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1966 Cambodian general election

National election

Field	Value
election_name	1966 Cambodian general election
country	Cambodia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1962 Cambodian general election
previous_year	1962
next_election	1972 Cambodian general election
next_year	1972
seats_for_election	All 82 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	42
election_date	11 September 1966
image1	[[File:Sihanouk 1959.jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Norodom Sihanouk
party1	Sangkum
seats_before1	77
seats1	82
seat_change1	5
percentage1	100%
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Norodom Kantol
before_party	Sangkum
after_election	Lon Nol
after_party	Sangkum

General elections were held in Cambodia on 11 September 1966. Only candidates of the Sangkum party were allowed to contest the election, although more than one candidate could run in a constituency. As a result, the party won all 82 seats. The conservative wing of the Sangkum gained a majority. On 18 October the National Assembly of Cambodia nominated Lon Nol as Prime Minister.

Results

Only 28 of the 82 deputies had been previously elected to Parliament, six of whom were members of the conservative wing of the Sangkum.

Government formation

The conservative wing of the Sangkum won a two-thirds majority in parliament, meaning Sihanouk could not prevent the opposition from blocking nominations. As a result, Lon Nol was elected Prime Minister with 59 votes in favour and 23 against.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p63 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p74

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