Polls close in Cambodia's commune elections
STORY: Polls close in Cambodia's commune elections
DATELINE: June 5, 2022
LENGTH: 00:03:58
LOCATION: KANDAL, Cambodia
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of a polling station in Cambodia's Kandal province
2. various of Cambodian PM Hun Sen casting his ballot
STORYLINE:
Polls closed in the fifth commune elections in Cambodia on Sunday, a National Election Committee (NEC) member said.
"All 23,602 polling stations across the country closed as planned at 3 p.m. local time," NEC member Dim Sovannarom told Xinhua. "It's initially estimated that the voter turnout is more than 70 percent."
Sovannarom said the general situation on the polling day was good, and no remarkable incidents were reported.
Seventeen political parties contested in the polls, with the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and the opposition Candlelight Party being the major contestants.
The NEC said some 9.2 million people had registered to cast their ballots to choose commune chief
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