1972 Cambodian presidential election

1972 Cambodian presidential election
Turnout	57.56%
President before election; Lon Nol; PRS	Elected President ; Lon Nol; PRS

Presidential elections were held for the first, and to date only time in Cambodia on 4 June 1972, following the toppling of the monarchy and the declaration of the Khmer Republic in the 1970 coup d'état. The result was a victory for Lon Nol, who won 54.9% of the vote. Voter turnout was 57.6%.^[1]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lon Nol	Social Republican Party	578,560	54.93
	In Tam	Democratic Party	257,496	24.45
		Republican Party	217,174	20.62
Total			1,053,230	100.00

Valid votes			1,053,230	99.41
Invalid/blank votes			6,275	0.59
Total votes			1,059,505	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,840,592	57.56
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p76 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p76 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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