2022 Cambodian communal elections

2022 Cambodian communal election

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All 1,652 Commune Chiefs (C) All 11,622 seats in the Commune Council (c)
Registered	9,205,681 17.0%
Turnout	7,394,427 (80.3%) 10.1%
First party Second party   Leader Hun Sen Teav Vannol Party CPP Candlelight Leader since 20 June 2015 2 November 2015 Seats won 1,648 (C) · 9,376 (c) 4 (C) · 2,198 (c) Seat change 492 (C) · 2,873 (c) 4 (C) · 2,198 (c) Popular vote 5,378,773 1,610,556 Percentage 74.3% 22.2% Swing 23.5% 22.2%
Party Seats +/– Communal Chief Cambodian People's Party 1648 +492 Candlelight Party 4 +4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Party Seats +/– Communal Councilor Cambodian People's Party 9376 +2873 Candlelight Party 2198 +2198 FUNCINPEC 19 −8 Khmer National United Party 13 −11 Cambodia National Love Party 5 +5 Cambodian Youth Party 3 +3 Grassroots Democratic Party 6 +1 Kampucheaniyum Party 1 +1 Beehive Social Democratic Party 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Communal elections were held in Cambodia on 5 June 2022.^[1] It was the fifth quinquennial communal election in Cambodia since 2002. 1,652 communes in all 25 provinces of Cambodia were contested for a total of 11,622 commune council seats.^[2] The election precedes the 2023 general election and the 2024 Senate election. 9.2 million of 10.5 million eligible voters were registered to cast their ballots. Voter turnout was 80.3%.

The result was a landslide victory for the Cambodian People's Party which won 74% of the popular vote, 1,648 commune chiefs, and more than 9,000 commune councillors. The resurgent Candlelight Party, a faction of the disbanded Cambodia National Rescue Party, won 22% of the popular vote, but only 4 commune chiefs.^[3] It also marked the first time ever that no party was led by either Sam Rainsy, Kem Sokha, and Norodom Ranariddh.^[4] The aftermath of the election was marked by continued arrests of opposition supporters. ^[5]