Liberal Party (Cambodia)
Appearance
Liberal Party គណបក្សសេរីនិយម Parti libéral | |
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Leader | Norodom Norindeth |
Founded | 1946 |
Dissolved | 1955 |
Merged into | Sangkum |
Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Ideology | Conservatism Monarchism |
Political position | Centre-right |
Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
The Liberal Party (Khmer: គណបក្សសេរីនិយម), first known as the Constitutionalist Party, was a conservative, pro-French political party in Cambodia. The party was led by Prince Norodom Norindeth and was supported by the Khmer elites, the French, and members of the royal family.[1] The party advocated an evolutionary approach for independence as opposed to their more radical rivals, the Democrats.
General election results
[edit]Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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1946 | 14 / 67
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N/A | N/A | 14 seats; opposition | Norodom Norindeth |
1947 | 21 / 75
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N/A | N/A | 7 seats; opposition | Norodom Norindeth |
1951 | 18 / 78
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N/A | N/A | 3 seats; opposition | Norodom Norindeth |
1955 | 0 / 91
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5,488 | 0.7% | 18 seats; no seats | Norodom Norindeth |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Road to Khmer Independence". Archived from the original on 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2014-08-14.