Cambodian presidential election, 1972

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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. 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	54.9
In Tam	Democratic Party	257,496	24.4
Keo An	Republican Party	217,174	20.6
Invalid/blank votes		6,275	–
Total		1,059,505	100
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

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