1972 Cambodian presidential election

Presidential elections were held for the first, and to date only time in Cambodia on 4 June 1972, following the abolition of the monarchy and the declaration of the establishment of the Khmer Republic in the 1970 coup d'état. The result was a victory for Lon Nol, who received 55% of the vote. Voter turnout was 58%.[1]

1972 Cambodian presidential election

4 June 1972
Turnout57.56%
 
Candidate Lon Nol In Tam Keo An
Party PRS Democratic Republican
Popular vote 578,560 257,496 217,174
Percentage 54.93% 24.45% 20.62%


President before election

Lon Nol
PRS

Elected President

Lon Nol
PRS

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Lon NolSocial Republican Party578,56054.93
In TamDemocratic Party257,49624.45
Keo AnRepublican Party217,17420.62
Total1,053,230100.00
Valid votes1,053,23099.41
Invalid/blank votes6,2750.59
Total votes1,059,505100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,840,59257.56
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p76 ISBN 0-19-924959-8