Back Elecciones generales de Camboya de 1981 Spanish Élections législatives cambodgiennes de 1981 French Всеобщие выборы в Камбодже (1981) Russian การเลือกตั้งทั่วไปในกัมพูชา พ.ศ. 2524 Thai
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| Registered | 3,280,565 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 97.83%[1]  | ||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Cambodia on 1 May 1981 and marked the establishment of the new, Vietnamese-backed, state of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK).[2] The Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party was the only party to contest the election, and won all 117 seats.[3] Voter turnout was reported to be 97.8%.[1]
Pen Sovan, the General Secretary, became Prime Minister on 27 June 1981 but was removed from office on 5 December and replaced by Chan Sy.
- ^ a b "The 1981 elections: the genesis of polarization". The Phnom Penh Post. 5 June 1998.
- ^ 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