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handle is hein.crs/crsmthzzbgv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT Cambodian Election August 1, 2018 (IN10918) Related Author * Thomas Lum Thomas Lum, Specialist in Asian Affairs (tium@ralbc.goy, 7-7616) The Cambodian National Assembly election, held on July 29, 2018, resulted in a victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Critics viewed the election, in which the CPP likely won all 125 parliamentary seats, as neither free nor fair and the victory as hollow given that the CPP banned the largest opposition party in 2017. The Trump Administration A.atd that the poll failed to represent the will of the Cambodian people and represented the most significant setback yet to the democratic system enshrined in Cambodia's constitution... Nearly 600,000 ballots, or roughly 9% of votes cast, rep~r1tdy. were invalid, most of which the opposition believes were purposely spoiled to protest the illegitimacy of the election. Political History Between 1975 and 1991, Cambodia endured the four-year reign of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as the Khmer Rouge, during which an estimated 2 million Cambodians died, as well as Vietnamese invasion and occupation, and civil war. The Paris Peace Agreement, signed by Cambodia and 18 other nations pledging to support the country's sovereignty and reconstruction on October 23, 1991, ended the conflict. It also established a liberal democracy with periodic and genuine elections. Since the United Nations administered the first post-war national elections in 1993, the Kingdom of Cambodia has made fitful progress in its political and social development, including the conduct of elections and growth of civil society. According to (OECD) data, oficial developmen isan (ODA) from major OECD aid donors, including the United States, totaled more than $10 billion between 1995 and 2016. This assistance helped to restore and develop Cambodian political, social, and economic institutions that had been destroyed under the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979). In recent years, assistance from China, which comes without conditions for good governance and human rights, has roughly matched total ODA flows from OECD donors to Cambodia. Political Developments The Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), a union of two opposition parties led by Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, made significant gains in the 2013 parliamentary election and 2017 local elections. The CNRP's strength reflected a younger and more globalized electorate that is less focused on Cambodia's past turbulence, more concerned about corruption and inequality, and more demanding about government accountability and performance. The threat of a CNRP victory in 2018 compelled Hun Sen, who often has employed undemocratic means to stay in power, to crack

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