Cambodia ruling party wins 80% of local council seats

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the opposition party, Candlelight Party, wave flags as they take part in a campaign rally for the upcoming local elections on June 5, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 21, 2022. (Reuters)

Cambodia's national election committee on Sunday released the official results of June 5 local elections and said the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has won about 80 percent of local council seats.

The CPP won 9,376 out of total 11,622 commune council seats in the fifth communal elections, the committee said.