Elections were held in Sihanoukville, Cambodia on 26 January 2025, to decide the composition of the Sihanoukville city council. This is the first ever election for the newly formed Sihanoukville city council.
The government cited the objective of higher accessibility of public services, ensuring security for citizens, tourists and investors and promoting development of the region as the main reason in creating this new council.
The results were an expected landslide victory to the ruling Cambodian People's Party, where the newly formed opposition party, Nation Power Party was successful in meeting the threshold for a council seat.
Electoral system The party with a simple plurality of votes is given the role of Council He'd, regardless of whether they achieve an absolute majority in obtaining votes or seats. Where in addition to this, the composition of the council is decided using closed list proportional representation, under the d'Hondt method, which the number of council seats determined by the National Election Committee (NEC) was 13.
As this is a city council election, there is no universal suffrage, as only councilors who were directly elected in 2022 will be eligible to vote, thus making this election indirect.
Contesting parties Ballot NumberPartyParty LeaderLeading CandidateSeats Contested1Khmer Will PartyKong MolikaSamrit Sophat2Cambodian People's PartyHun SenSoam Bien3FUNCINPECNorodom ChakravuthTeav Sopha4Nation Power PartyChea MonyAun Sarat
Results PartyLeading CandidatePopular VoteSeatsVotes%SwingSeats WonSeat ChangeCambodian People's PartySamrit Sophat2890.32%New12NewNation Power PartySoam Bien39.68%New1NewFUNCINPECTeav Sopha00%New0NewKhmer Will PartyAun Sarat00%New0NewTotal31100%13Valid votes31Invalid/blank votes0Total votes31Registered voters/turnout31 (100%)Source: National Election Committee
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